Nairobi (Kenya), 15 March 2017 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region in Africa today marked a moment of silence in solidarity with the Syrian people who are suffering as a result of the six-year-old war in the country
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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.
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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)
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Participants at the Global Open Day event in Goma, eastern DRC, 31 January 2017 (Ph. MONUSCO/Alain Wandimoyi Kyalemaninwa)
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Meeting with South Sudanese ex-combatants at Munigi Camp, eastern DRC, 12 January 2017 (Photo: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani)