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Nairobi, 8 March 2017 – On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit, calls on the stakeholders of the region to ensure that women play a critical role in the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC)
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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)
Participants at the Global Open Day event in Goma, eastern DRC, 31 January 2017 (Ph. MONUSCO/Alain Wandimoyi Kyalemaninwa)
Meeting with South Sudanese ex-combatants at Munigi Camp, eastern DRC, 12 January 2017 (Photo: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani)
Participants of the Great Lakes youth forum standing on the site offered by the DR Congo authorities for the construction of the youth center, Goma, eastern DRC, 29 November 2016.