Special Envoy Said Djinnit meets with Resident Coordinators for greater coordination of UN efforts around peace and security in the Great Lakes region.
Nairobi, 13 July 2017 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, convened a coordination meeting with UN Resident Coordinators from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, and with regional heads of UN agencies and…
UN, regional and civil society organizations strengthen their partnership in early warning and conflict prevention in Central African states
Libreville (Gabon), 1 August 2017 - Representatives of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the Secretariat of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met on 31 July and 1 August 2017 at a workshop in Libreville, Gabon, aiming to enhance the…
Special Envoy Said Djinnit meets with President Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo on matters of security in the Great Lakes region
Brazzaville (Rep. of Congo), 2 August 2017 – Said Djinnit, the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region met with President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo in Brazzaville, the Congolese capital, for discussions on security matters in the region. At the heart of these…
The United Nations Office in Nairobi calls for calm and restraint in the country’s elections
Nairobi (Kenya), 11 August 2017 – Kenyans went to the polls on 7 August to elect their president in the country’s general elections. In order to encourage an all-peaceful process, the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON), under the leadership of the Director-General, Saleh-Work Zewde, issued a…
Under the UN initiative, leaders of Africa’s Great Lakes region undertake a field visit to assess progress in the neutralization of negative forces in eastern DRC
Nairobi, 11 September 2017 – Under the leadership of the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, representatives of the signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework agreement, namely from the African Union (AU), the International…
UN Envoy Said Djinnit meets with EU partners on the political and socio-economic situation in the Great Lakes region
Nairobi, 9 October 2017 – Stability and security are coming slowly to the Great Lakes region, albeit with some major challenges still to overcome. It is in this context that Said Djinnit, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, today convened a meeting with…
Heads of State and Government of signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region to meet in Brazzaville, and review political and security developments in the region - PR40
Nairobi, 14 October 2017 – The Heads of State and Government of the signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region will hold the Eighth High-Level Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism (ROM) in…
Leaders of Africa’s Great Lakes region agree to vigorously tackle the issue of illegal armed groups in the region and speed up the repatriation process of disarmed FDLR combatants
Brazzaville, 19 October 2017 – The Eighth Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region was held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on 19 October 2017. The meeting brought together…
Experts from the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network meet in Khartoum and join forces against cross-border crime
Khartoum, 6 November 2017 – The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) with support from the United Nations Office for the Great Lakes region and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), organized the first meeting of the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network in…
Towards greater collaboration on issues of security and development between the Office of the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the ICGLR
Bujumbura, 23 November 2017 – The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit, and the Executive-Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), Zachary Muburi-Muita, met in Bujumbura, Burundi, to explore ways for greater collaboration on key…
UN Office for Africa’s Great Lakes working closely with Country Teams and ICGLR in addressing root causes of conflict and instability in the region
New York, 27 November 2017 - In the morning of the 27 November 2017, the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, briefed the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) at the United Nations headquarters in New York with a view to strengthening policy coherence between…
The Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region meets with UN Resident Coordinators and Regional Directors to review political and security issues affecting the region
Nairobi, 22 January 2018 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit, convened a coordination meeting on 22 January 2018 with UN Resident Coordinators and Regional Directors to review political, security and humanitarian developments in the region and their…