UN Special Envoy Said Djinnit and Civil Society actors from the region dialogue on the achievements, challenges and opportunities for lasting peace in the Great Lakes Region
Addis Ababa, 27 January 2016 – For the fourth year in a row, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region met with civil society actors during a consultative dialogue organized by OXFAM International on…
Ministerial Meeting of Signatory States and Guarantors of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region
Addis Ababa, 28 January 2016 - Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Representatives of signatory states of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Region met in Addis…
Saïd Djinnit (g) et le Ministre congolais des Affaires étrangères (Ph. Pénangnini Touré)
INTERVIEW: UN Special Envoy Djinnit meets with Congolese authorities and political actors on the national dialogue called by President Kabila
Kinshasa, 11 décembre 2015 - L’envoyé spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour la région des Grands Lacs, Saïd Djinnit, a été désigné par Ban Ki-moon pour rencontrer la classe politique congolaise dans le cadre du…
The leaders of Africa’s Great Lakes Region and Private Sector Stakeholders Agree to Boost Investment
Kinshasa, 25 February 2016 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo hosted a two day inaugural Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference. The Conference was co-organized by the Office of the Special Envoy of the…
Dignitaires présents à la Conférence sur l’investissement du secteur privé, organisée à Kinshasa le 24 février 2016
Private Sector Investment Conference (PSIC) for the Great Lakes region of Africa, 24 - 25 February 2016, Kinshasa, DRC
Kinshasa, 24 February 2016 - The Private Sector Investment Conference for the Great Lakes region kicked off this Wednesday in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa. Both the President Joseph Kabila and the United Nations Secretary…
Guarantors of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework urge stakeholders in the region to resume effective action against armed groups in Eastern DRC and speed up the repatriation of ex-combatants
Kinshasa, 29 April 2016 - During a five-day visit in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) from 25 to 29 April, senior representatives of the United Nations Organization (UN), the African Union (AU), the…
Special Envoy Said Djinnit (L) at the opening of the meeting
Leaders of Africa’s Great Lakes region meet in Lusaka, Zambia, to assess progress in the implementation of the peace process for the DRC and the region
Lusaka, 13 May 2016 - The Republic of Zambia, in its capacity as signatory to the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF) agreement for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region is hosting today the 13th…
Workshop participants meeting in the Kenyan capital
Local integration: a viable solution to displacement
Nairobi, 7 June 2016 - Government delegations from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, hosts to over 3.4 million displaced persons from the Great Lakes region, met on 6-7 June…
Special Envoy Said Djinnit (Left) and German Amb. to Kenya Jutta Frasch (Center)
German Ambassador Jutta Frasch pays a courtesy visit to the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region
Nairobi, 3 June 2016 – The German Ambassador to Kenya, Jutta Frasch, met today in Nairobi with the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit. The Special Envoy briefed Amb. Frasch on his mandate…
Arrival of the delegation in Beni (Photo: Myriam Asmani)
The “Guarantors” of the PSC Framework agreement visit eastern DRC, reaffirm their support for the FARDC/MONUSCO joint military operations against negative forces
Beni, 24 May 2016 – Senior officials representing the “Guarantors” of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework comprising of the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), the International Conference on the…
Government officials and partners from Africa’s Great Lakes region confirm local integration as a viable solution to displacement
Nairobi, 7 June 2016 - Government delegations from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, hosts to over 3.4 million displaced persons from the Great Lakes region, met on 6-7 June…
The PSCF Guarantors welcome resumption of operations against FDLR, encourage strengthening of FARDC-MONUSCO cooperation and urge ex-FDLR to accept to repatriate to Rwanda without preconditions
Goma, eastern DRC, 26 May 2016 - The representatives of the Guarantors of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework comprising of the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), the International Conference on the…