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Participants at the coordination meeting with Special Envoy Said Djinnit. Participants included Resident Coordinators from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, as well as heads of UN agencies and funds from Nairobi. Nairobi, 13 July 2017 (OSESG-GL Photo/Anthony Munene)
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…
Participants at the Regional Consultations on Natural Resources in the Great Lakes region, Nairobi, 5 July 2017 (OSESG-GL Photo/Anthony Munene)
Nairobi, 5 July 2017 – Experts from Africa’s Great Lakes region arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, for consultations on how to tackle illegal trade of natural resources in the region. The main focus of the two-day meeting, which ends…
Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Said Djinnit addresses the Security Council on the situation in the area. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
12 April 2017 – The United Nations envoy for Africa's Great Lakes region encouraged today the countries of the region, and the UN Security Council, to help strengthen the fight against illegal armed groups in the Democratic…
Youths gathering in Goma, eastern DRC, on the occasion of the 10th ICGLR Regional Multifunction Youth Forum (Ph. MONUSCO)
Goma (eastern DRC), 10 April 2017 – The 10 th Multifunctional Youth Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) took place on the shores of Lake Kivu in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the…
Meeting of Heads of UN presences in Central Africa, Libreville, Gabon, 23-24 March 2017 (Ph. Norbert Ouendji/UNOCA)
Libreville (Gabon), 23 March 2017 - The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region is participating in the meeting of the Heads of United Nations Presences in Central Africa taking place in…
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region of Africa, Said Djinnit, and his staff mark a moment of silence in solidary with the People of Syria.
Nairobi (Kenya), 15 March 2017 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region in Africa today marked a moment of silence in solidarity with the Syrian people who are…
From left to right: Siri Walt (Swiss Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo); Tatiana Carayannis (Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum); Said Djinnit (UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region); Ralf Heckner (Swiss Ambassador for Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Somalia); Mamadou Diallo (Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC); and Laurence Wohlers (United States Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region of Africa) (Ph. Penangnini Toure)
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum at the Social Science…
From left to right: Siri Walt (Swiss Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo); Tatiana Carayannis (Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum); Said Djinnit (UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region); Ralf Heckner (Swiss Ambassador for Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Somalia); Mamadou Diallo (Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC); and Laurence Wohlers (United States Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region of Africa) (Ph. Penangnini Toure)
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum at the Social Science…
Nairobi (Kenya), 10 February 2017 – Representatives of the signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region organized on 9- 10…
Participants at the Global Open Day event in Goma, eastern DRC, 31 January 2017 (Ph. MONUSCO/Alain Wandimoyi Kyalemaninwa)
Goma, 2 February 2017 – The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, with support from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and UN Women…
Meeting with South Sudanese ex-combatants at Munigi Camp, eastern DRC, 12 January 2017 (Photo: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani)
Nairobi, 17 January 2017 – Said Djinnit, United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, and Maman Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), had multiple…
Participants of the Great Lakes youth forum standing on the site offered by the DR Congo authorities for the construction of the youth center, Goma, eastern DRC, 29 November 2016.
Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1 December 2016 – The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) organized a workshop for the Great Lakes region youth forum in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the…