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26th meeting of the Technical Support Committee, Nairobi, 3-4 February, 2020 where delegates discussed non-military measures to rein in negative forces in eastern DRC (UN Photo/Penangnini Toure)
Nairobi, 5 February 2020 – Chiefs of intelligence and security services from the Great Lakes region met in Nairobi, Kenya, on 3 February 2020, to review the security situation in the region, and to make recommendations on the…
Huang Xia addressing a group of African diplomats and Chinese private investors in Beijing during a roadshow organized for the Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference in Africa’s Great Lakes region
Beijing, 18 December 2019 - At least 140 participants from the private sector have attended an outreach event in Beijing organised by the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region to promote and…
Special Envoy Huang Xia (center) addressing an audience of about 150 participants from the private sector
Hangzhou (China), 16 December 2019 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Huang Xia, has concluded his visit to Hangzhou, China, as part of his mission to promote and raise awareness about…
Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region (dark suit) conversing with a group of participants at the workshop (Photo AU).
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 13 November 2019 – The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the African Union Department of Political Affairs organized a regional workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia…
Cairo (Egypt), 27-29 October 2019 – Professional and business women leaders met in Cairo, Egypt, on 27 October for a two-day conference titled Africa Regional Conference of International Federation of Business and…
Richard Ngatia, Chair of the ICGLR Private Sector Forum and President of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the opening session of the meeting. UN Photo/Penangnini Toure
Nairobi, 16 October 2019 – In the warm-up to the Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference (GLITC) scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, on 18-20 March 2020, a partnership-building meeting was organized in Nairobi…
SOURCE: UN NEWS “The Great Lakes region is, more than ever before in recent history, resolutely committed to pursuing stability for itself”, Huang Xia said in his first briefing to the 15 ambassadors since being appointed in…
Delegate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nairobi, Kenya. UN Photo/Aaron Kakunza
Nairobi, 11 September 2019 - The 25 th meeting of the Technical Support Committee of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region took place…
Participant at the meeting of Civil Society Organizations and Regional FORA. Photo: UN/Penangnini Toure
Nairobi, 8 September 2019 – United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Huang Xia, addressed a meeting of civil society organizations and regional fora held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 8 September 2019. The objective…
Meeting between Michel Kafando, UN Special Envoy to Burundi (right), and Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 August 2019. Photo: UN/Penangnini Toure
Nairobi, 26 August 2019 - Michel Kafando, UN Special Envoy to Burundi who visited Nairobi on 26 August, met with Huang Xia, his counterpart for the Great Lakes to discuss the political and security situation in the region and…
Co-chairs of the 24th Technical Support Committee meeting on 16-17 July 2019 (from left to right: Franck Okuthe of the ICGLR, Huang Xia of the UN, and Gonzague-Patrick H. Balagizi of the AU). Photo: UN/Aaron Kakunza
Nairobi, 17 July 2019 - The 24 th meeting of the Technical Support Committee of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region took place in…
Catherine Samba-Panza (Dr.), former transitional head of state of the Central African Republic, and Chantal Safu Lopusa, Minister for Gender, Children and the Family
Nairobi, 11 June 2019 – A consortium of women leaders of the Great Lakes region, known as the Women's Platform for the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, has…