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12 April 2017 – The United Nations envoy for Africa's Great Lakes region encouraged today the countries of the region, and the UN Security Council, to help strengthen the fight against illegal armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its neighbours, particularly as elements
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Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Said Djinnit addresses the Security Council on the situation in the area. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
Youths gathering in Goma, eastern DRC, on the occasion of the 10th ICGLR Regional Multifunction Youth Forum (Ph. MONUSCO)
Meeting of Heads of UN presences in Central Africa, Libreville, Gabon, 23-24 March 2017 (Ph. Norbert Ouendji/UNOCA)
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region of Africa, Said Djinnit, and his staff mark a moment of silence in solidary with the People of Syria.
From left to right: Siri Walt (Swiss Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo); Tatiana Carayannis (Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum); Said Djinnit (UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region); Ralf Heckner (Swiss Ambassador for Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Somalia); Mamadou Diallo (Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC); and Laurence Wohlers (United States Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region of Africa) (Ph. Penangnini Toure)
Participants at the Global Open Day event in Goma, eastern DRC, 31 January 2017 (Ph. MONUSCO/Alain Wandimoyi Kyalemaninwa)