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Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region
Special Envoy Great Lakes Region
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Front: Richard Ngatia, President of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) and Wavinya Ndeti, Governor of Machakos County (Kenya), participate in the Regional Trade Conference in Kishasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo: Liz Guantai, UN)
East African countries strive for greater partnership in trade and investment
Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), 25 January 2023 - The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) in collaboration with the East African Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (EACCIA) and the…
President Felix Tshisekedi of the DR Congo (at podium) addressing the assembly during the 10th meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework. Kinshasa, DRC, 24 February 2022 (UN Photo/Penangnini Toure).
Leaders of the Great Lakes meet in Kinshasa to assess progress in the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region
Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 24 February 2022 - The Heads of State and Government of the signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and…
Participants at the security experts’ meeting on the implementation of the Action Plan of the Contact and Coordination Group. Goma, eastern DRC, 13 December 2021. UN Photo/Elisa Lux
Security experts from the Great Lakes discuss innovative ways to tackle insecurity in the region
Goma (eastern DRC), 17 December 2021 - Security experts from the Great Lakes region, namely from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda met this week in Goma, eastern DRC, to agree…
Participants at the launch of the Great Lakes Women Entrepreneurs’ Network. Seated in the front row, Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and Richard Ngatia, President of the ICGLR Private Sector Forum. UN Photo/Penangnini Toure
Launch of the Great Lakes Women Entrepreneurs’ Network
Nairobi, 2 December 2021 - On 2 December 2021, the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, and the Private Sector Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR…
Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region. New York, 20 October 2021. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
UN’s top envoy warns Great Lakes Region is ‘at a crossroads’
Source: UN News 20 October 2021 - Speaking at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Africa’s Great Lakes region on Wednesday [20 October], the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Huang Xia, told ambassadors that the…
High-level participants at the workshop on natural resources, Khartoum, The Sudan, 31 August 2021. Photo: Mahmoud Shamrouk/UNITAMS
Africa’s Great Lakes countries meet to identify concrete actions to curb the illegal exploitation and trade of natural resources in the region
Khartoum (The Sudan), 2 September 2021 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), in partnership with the German…

Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region

The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region promotes accountability by working with governments and diverse stakeholders to advance full implementation of the PSC Framework Agreement.