Special Envoy Huang Xia briefing the Security Council on the situation in Africa’s Great Lakes region. New York, 17 October 2023 (Photo: Manuel Elías)
Africa: Great Lakes envoy urges international support amid rising hostilities
Source: UN News New York, 17 October 2023 - The UN Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region, appealed to the international community on Tuesday for increased support in resolving the escalating hostilities in eastern…
High profile participants at the retreat on the revitalization of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region. Durban, South Africa, 31 October 2023 (Photo: Penangnini Toure)
The Great Lakes office organizes a retreat to assess the impact of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region 10 years on
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region in collaboration with the African Union (AU) organized a regional retreat to assess the impact of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the…
Left to right: Bruno Lemarquis, (left) Deputy Special Representative to the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Yacoub El Hillo, (2nd left), Regional Director for the Development Coordination Office for Africa, Susan Ngongi Namondo, UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Bagiire Vincent Waiswa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region (2nd right), and Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, (right), Special Representative of Secretary-General to the AU and Head of the UN Office to the AU (UNOAU), during the second SPG Retreat held in Kampala, Uganda. Photo (William Sila, Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region).
Senior UN officials in the Great Lakes region convene to deliberate on the implementation of the UN Strategy for Peace Consolidation, Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in the Great Lakes Region
Kampala (Uganda), 12 December 2023 – The Senior Policy Group (SPG) of United Nations presences in the Great Lakes region met in Kampala, Uganda, on 11-12 December 2023 to review progress in the implementation of the Regional…
Left-Right: Nene Bah, Senior Gender Advisor, Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region; Hon. Janviere Ndirahisha, Regional Director for the ICGLR regional training facility in Uganda; Amb. João Samuel Caholo, Executive Secretary of the ICGLR; and Faridah Kibowa, Chair of Uganda National Women Council. Kampala, Uganda, 27 Nov. 2023 (Photo: Fiona Irakoze, ICGLR).
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the ICGLR address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Great Lakes mining sector through a jointly organized event
Kampala (Uganda), 27 November 2023 - The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, in collaboration with the Regional Training Facility of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), hosted an event…
President Museveni hosts regional leaders at State House Entebbe on the occasion of the Regional Oversight Mechanism High Level Meeting on 28th May 2025
Leaders of the Great Lakes Region Convene in Kampala to Review the Political and Security Situation in Eastern DRC
Kampala, Uganda – On 28 May 2025, Heads of State and Government from the signatory countries of the 2013 Addis Ababa Peace, Security, and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the…
Communiqué of the 12th High-Level Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism
Communiqué of the 12th High-Level Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region Entebbe, 28 May 2025
Statement by the Guarantor Institutions of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework
"The Guarantor institutions commend the signatory countries for the progress so far achieved in the implementation of their commitments, and welcome the decision to revitalize the PSC Framework, as requested by the AU Peace…
Special Envoy to the Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region
Living better together: a call from UN Special Envoy Huang Xia to end hate speech in Africa's Great Lakes region
The Great Lakes region can be proud of its cultural and human diversity, including its abundant natural resources. The interconnected diversity of this region is one of the foundations of its immense potential for sustainable…
Burundi President addressing regional women forum in Burundi
Regional Forum of Women held in Bujumbura, Burundi on 22 and 23 August 2024
President Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi, in his capacity as the current Chairperson of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Region (PSC-Framework) convened a…
Technical working group session on women, peace and security
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, UN Women and other partners facilitated a technical-level working group meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on 2 and 3 April 2025, to support the inclusion of gender and civil…
UN Special Envoy Commends President Faure Gnassingbé’s Role in Great Lakes Peace Efforts
Lomé, Togo, 4 August 2025 – Mr. Huang Xia, United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, met with President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo in his capacity as African Union (AU) mediator for the crisis in eastern…
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Engages Youth Leaders in an Inter-Generational Dialogue on Peace and Security
To mark the 30th anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, commemorated on 25 September 2025 during the high-level plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly, the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary…