President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (front center)
leading the Tanzania delegation towards opening of the Heads of State
and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
(ICGLR) held on August 8, 2012 at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort in
Kampala, Uganda. Following behind President are Hon. Shamsi Vuai
Nahodha (behind, 1st left), Minister for Defence and National Services and H.E. Ambassador Dr. Ladislaus Komba (behind, 2nd left), Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania in Uganda.
Ambassador Liberata Mulamula (right), Senior
Advisor to President Kikwete on diplomatic matters getting ready
to attend the ICGLR Extraordinary Meeting. Other on the photo is
Ambassador Naimi Aziz (left), Director of the Department of Regional Cooperation at the Ministry and a member of ICGLR Secretariat.
President Museveni of Uganda chairing the ICGLR Extraordinary Summit on the security situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The two-day meeting was held from August 7 to 8, 2012 at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Kennedy Oryema, New Vision Newspaper- Uganda).
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda, in discussion with President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania (1st to his left), President Paul Kagame (2nd left), President Joseph Kabila (2nd right), President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi (3rd right). The
Heads of State and Government met on August 7, 2012 on a two day
meeting to discuss the security situation in Eastern Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Freddy Maro)
President Kabila (left) of the Democratic Republic of Congo together with President Museveni of Uganda. (Photo by Freddy Maro)
President
Kagame of Rwanda in conversation with Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister
Hon. Louise Mushikiwabo, just after ICGLR Heads of State signed a
Declaration on the security situation in Eastern Congo (DRC).
ICGLR ponders crisis on Eastern Congo DRC; issues Declaration
By TAGIE DAISY MWAKAWAGO
Kampala, Uganda
The
Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the
Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), on August 8 issued a Declaration on the
security situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in an
effort to discuss and find ways to restore peace and security in that
region. The ICGLR Extraordinary Meeting was held at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort in Kampala, Uganda from August 7 to 8, 2012.
Led by H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda as the Chairperson of the ICGLR, the Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the ICGLR Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region of 15th of December, 2006 and its related protocol. In addition, they also recalled their Declaration of 15th July, 2012 on the security situation in Eastern DRC made at the Addis Ababa Extraordinary Summit as a result of M23 attack.
During this Summit, the ICGLR Heads of State considered the Report of the preceded meetings of the Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee (RIMC) and of the ICGLR Ministers of Defence from August 5 to 6, 2012 at Serena Hotel in Kampala, whereby Hon. Shamsi Vuai Nahodha, Tanzania Minister of Defence and National Services also participated.
Led by H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda as the Chairperson of the ICGLR, the Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the ICGLR Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region of 15th of December, 2006 and its related protocol. In addition, they also recalled their Declaration of 15th July, 2012 on the security situation in Eastern DRC made at the Addis Ababa Extraordinary Summit as a result of M23 attack.
During this Summit, the ICGLR Heads of State considered the Report of the preceded meetings of the Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee (RIMC) and of the ICGLR Ministers of Defence from August 5 to 6, 2012 at Serena Hotel in Kampala, whereby Hon. Shamsi Vuai Nahodha, Tanzania Minister of Defence and National Services also participated.
In
essence, the meetings discussed at length the security measures and
humanitarian situation in the Eastern DRC due to the armed activities of
the M23 Movement. The Member
States have called upon the International Communities to provide
humanitarian aid and they have set up a trust fund in support of victims
of the humanitarian crisis in Eastern DRC and neighbouring countries. The Government of Uganda has already contributed 1,000,000 US Dollars towards said Trust Fund.
In
this Extraordinary Meeting, the Heads of State pledged to undertake
immediate efforts to ensure that there is a complete halt to fighting in
Eastern Democratic of Congo and that peace, security, stability and
development are restored. In
that effort, a Sub-Committee has been formed by the Ministers of Defence
from seven Member States that includes Angola, Burundi, the Republic of
Congo, the Democratic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.
The
sub-Committee will be chaired by the Minister of Defence of the
Republic of Uganda and is assigned to propose urgent actionable steps to
bring peace, security and stability in the region and ensure that
fighting stops completely. The sub-Committee has been given one month to complete its report and submit it to the Regional Leaders.
The
ICGLR Extraordinary Summit was also attended by Tanzania’s President
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and Minister of Defence Hon. Shamsi Vuai Nahodha,
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda, President Pierre Nkurunziza
of Burundi, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, President Joseph Kabila
Kabange of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
on behalf of the President of Central African Republic, Minister of
Home Affairs on behalf of President of Zambia, Kenya Vice President
Kalonzo Musyoka, Sudan Vice President Dr. El-Haj Adam Yousuf and
Angola’s Foreign Affairs Minister George Chicoti.
Other
representation was from the United Nations Special Representative for
Central Africa, Mr. Abou Moussa and the AU Chairperson’s Special
Representative to LRA affected areas, Mr. Francisco Madeira.
END.
The July 15th, 2012 Declaration: (http://africanewsonline.blogspot.com/2012/07/declaration-of-heads-of-state-and.html)
The ICGLR Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region of 15th of December, 2006 and its related protocol: https://icglr.org/IMG/pdf/Pact_on_Security_Stability_and_Development_in_the_Great_Lakes_Region_14_15_December_2006-2.pdf
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