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Press release about the renewal of the mandate of Monusco and the lifting notification requirements for arms shipments to the DRC

Bujumbura, Dec. 22 (ICGLR) – The Conference Secretariat of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on Wednesday welcomed the adoption unanimously by the UN Security Council of the resolution to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the DRC (MONUSCO) and the resolution to lift notification requirements for arms shipments […]

Mini-Summit on Peace and Security in the Eastern Region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Final Communiqué. Luanda, Angola, 23 November 2022

At the invitation of His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, African Union Champion for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa and Mediator designated to maintain the dialogue between DRC and Rwanda by the 16th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in […]

PRESS RELEASE: International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Election Observation Mission to the August 9th 2022 General Elections in the Republic of Kenya

Nairobi, 5th August 2022: The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Election Observation Mission to the August 9th 2022 General Elections in the Republic of Kenya was officially launched today at the Sarova Panafric Hotel by the Head of Mission H.E. Amb. Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins, a Diplomat and Former Minister of Finance […]

MEDIA ADVISORY ON OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Arrival of the Head of Delegation of the ICGLR Election Observation Mission to the General Elections in the Republic of Kenya 5th August, 2022 INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA WHAT: Arrival of the Head of Mission of the ICGLR Election Observation Mission to the 2022 Kenyan General Elections. Amb. Martins will issue a […]

Press Release on the attacks on the Facilities of MONUSCO and its staff

The Secretariat of the International Conference in the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) expresses concern over attacks on the facilities of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) and its staff in Goma by some civilian population. The Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Condemns the said unacceptable violent […]

Election Observer Mission to the impending Kenyan elections

Bujumbura, 18th July 2022: The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is scheduled to send an Election Observer Mission (EOM) to the elections of the Republic of Kenya scheduled to take place on 9th  August, 2022, as per the provisions of the Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, adopted by ICGLR Heads of […]

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