Press conference to issue the Preliminary Statement of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) following the …(Click HERE for more details)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Peace Education Handbook is a product of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)’s Regional Peace Education Project.
The Guarantor Institutions of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region, signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 24 February 2013, namely the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the United Nations […]
The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) joins the world in commemorating the International Women’s Day (IWD) under the 2022 campaign theme, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. This year’s IWD is characterized by hope! Particularly in the wake of the deadly Covid 19 pandemic from which we seem to be recovering […]
As defined in the ICGLR Audit Methodology Manual, the Independent ICGLR Third Party Audit (TPA) assures independent verification that Exporter’s mineral chain from mine site to export are in conformance with the Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM) requirements and standards. The objective of the ICGLR RCM is to provide for mineral supply chains that have not […]
On the 31st January, 2022, in Nairobi, Kenya, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Government of the Republic of Kenya signed a Host Country Agreement for the Secretariat of the ICGLR Regional Youth Forum. The ICGLR was represented by Amb. João Samuel Caholo, Executive Secretary, while Amb. Raychelle Omamo, SC, […]