Press statement on the situation in the Great Lakes region
The members of the Security Council met on 3 October 2019 to discuss the situation in the Great lakes region and the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the…
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
Preparations for the Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference kick off in Nairobi
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…
Women from around Africa and the world convene in Cairo, Egypt, for a Conference of Business and Professional Women
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…
Regional Workshop on Participation of Women addresses the barriers hinder women’s participation in electoral and other political processes
Addis Ababa, November, 14 2019: The African Union (AU) Department of Political Affairs (DPA), in partnership with the Office of the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, the International Conference…
Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region (dark suit) conversing with a group of participants at the workshop (Photo AU).
Workshop on the participation and representation of women in electoral processes
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…
Special Envoy Huang Xia (center) addressing an audience of about 150 participants from the private sector
Special Envoy Huang Xia undertakes China trip to promote upcoming trade conference in Great Lakes
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 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
China Chamber of Commerce mobilises participants for investment conference in Africa’s Great Lakes
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…
Representatives of the countries of the Great Lakes region meet in Nairobi to review the security situation
Nairobi, 4 February 2020 - The Technical Support Committee of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region held its…
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)
Security experts from the Great Lakes advocate non-military measures to tackle negative forces in eastern DRC
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…
Great Lakes region countries meet in Nairobi, set the stage for the Regional Oversight Mechanism summit in Kinshasa, DRC
Nairobi, 5 February 2020 - Repatriation of disarmed foreign combatants and security dominated the agenda of the Technical Support Committee meeting of the forthcoming Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and…
UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes discusses development and cooperation in the region with Ugandan President
Entebbe (Uganda), 18 February 2020 - The United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes, Huang Xia, met with Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, at the country’s State House in Entebbe on 18…
Mr Huang Xia's Office is supporting the organization of two strategic actions in the Great Lakes region, namely the Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference in March and a meeting of Heads of State of the Regional Oversight Mechanism for the Framework agreement planned this year in Kinshasa. (UN
A wind of hope upon the Great Lakes region
The Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference scheduled for March 18-20, 2020, in Kigali comes at a time when the region is starring at a new dawn. The Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference promises to be a…