At the high-level summit on peace/security in #GreatLakesAfrica , heads of State endorsed a roadmap for the revitalization of the Framework Agreement for DRC & the region. Experts are expected to report on its progress of implementation during the 12th summit to be in 2024

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We need to reclaim our Land and people taken away by colonial boundaries!!!

This morning #MIKTA members in #Nairobi were briefed by the 🇺🇳 #UNSG Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Mr. Huang Xia UN Great Lakes on the security and political situation in the region.
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End of the Regional Forum on ASM Gold Mining strategy in Kinshasa, DR #Congo . Participants agree that illegal exploitation & illicit trade in artisanal gold is one of the major threats to peace and security in the #GreatLakesAfrica region.

🔴EN COURS : Le Forum Régional sur la mise en œuvre de la stratégie aurifère de l'EMAPE se déroule à Kinshasa. Le forum vise à créer des structures pour la promotion du commerce artisanal responsable de l’or dans la région #GreatLakesAfrica #ResponsibleGoldTrade
Ministère de l'Intégration Régionale de la RDC

Participants at the regional forum on the implementation of Artisanal & Small-Scale gold mining strategy in Kinshasa, DR #Congo , agree that illegal exploitation & illicit trade in artisanal gold is one of the major threats to peace and security in the #GreatLakesAfrica region.

🔴HAPPENING NOW: The Regional Forum on ASM Gold strategy implementation is taking place in Kinshasa. The forum seeks to create structures for the promotion of responsible artisanal gold trade in the #GreatLakesAfrica region. #ResponsibleGoldTrade

Ministère de l'Intégration Régionale de la RDC

#HappeningToday : Second retreat of the Senior Policy Group of the UN Great Lakes Strategy on Peace Consolidation, Conflict Prevention & Conflict Resolution in the #GreatLakesAfrica region, co-hosted by UNRC Uganda & OSESG-GL, in Kampala, Uganda.

Today, I had fruitful exchanges with Minister Anniken Huitfeldt and State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik in Oslo. Looking forward to a stronger partnership with #Norway in support of the peace & development of the #GreatLakesAfrica region. Norway MFA #Together4PeacefulGreatLakes

.Huang Xia 🇺🇳, United Nations Special Envoy for #GreatLakesAfrica is now briefing the Security Council along with ASG Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya.

The regional forum on the implementation of International Conference on the Great Lakes Region strategy on Artisanal & Small-Scale Gold kick-started today in 🇨🇩. Here we expect to work alongside key stakeholders to discuss & create structures that promote responsible artisanal gold trade in the #GreatLakesAfrica .

During the intergenerational dialogue, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula Ambassador Liberata Mulamula called on @IGLRYouth to leave their comfort zone and engage strongly through courage, confidence, diplomacy and communication #ICGLRYouth4Peace #GreatLakesAfrica

Extensive discussions were held between different #UN entities in the #GreatLakesAfrica 🌍region with a focus:

✅Review of progress made in implementation of the Regional Strategy & updated Action Plan (2023-24)

✅Resource mobilization efforts for the UN regional Strategy

'This Youth-For-Peace Skills Building Dialogue is not just a gathering; it's a testament to the belief that the youth are not only stakeholders in the peace process but the very heartbeat of it' said Weyinmi Omamuli, UNDP Africa @UNDPTZ #ICGLRYouth4Peace #GreatLakesAfrica

.United Nations Spec. Envoy for #GreatLakesAfrica , Huang Xia 🇺🇳, chaired today a meeting on promoting the role of women in peace processes. Participants were women leaders, activists, experts from the signatory countries of the Peace, Sec. & Cooperation Framework for the DRC & the region.

Day 3 today of the regional forum on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining gold ICGLR strategy implementation in Kinshasa, DR #Congo . The forum seeks to create structures for the promotion of responsible artisanal gold trade in the #GreatLakesAfrica region. #ResponsibleGoldTrade

1/2. Huang Xia 🇺🇳, United Nations Special Envoy for #GreatLakesAfrica will on 17 October 2023 brief the Security Council on the status of implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DR #Congo and the region.
United NationsDPPA; MONUSCO; International Conference on the Great Lakes Region; AULO-Great Lakes/Burundi

Responsible artisanal gold trade in the #GreatLakesAfrica region is the responsibility of all stakeholders in the sector. Responsible gold trade begins with collaboration to address and counter illegal trade in the invaluable resources of this region. #ResponsibleGoldTrade

.United Nations Special Envoy for #GreatLakesAfrica , Huang Xia, joined in Angola, regional leaders during the Quadripartite Meeting of EAC, CEEAC_ECCAS, SADC Secretariat & @icglr1  under auspices of African Union on Coordination & Harmonization of Regional Responses to Conflict in Eastern DRC.

“We must reformulate & rethink our approach to peacebuilding, in collaboration with young people, & must propose appropriate solutions & give hope to the populations of the #GreatLakesAfrica ” said Maimouna Haidara on behalf of Huang Xia 🇺🇳, Special Envoy of GL #ICGLRYouth4Peace