Uganda will tomorrow, the 5th of September, host the Extra-ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on Great Lakes Region(ICGLR) in Kampala. President Yoweri Museveni is the Chairman of ICGLR. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 31st of Uganda will tomorrow, the 5th of September, 2013, host an extra-ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). President Yoweri Museveni is the Chairman of the ICGLR. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 31st of August of 2013 explaining the urgency and importance of the Summit to regional peace and security: Following the deteriorating situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in the recent days, resulting in the death and injury of Peace Keepers from the Force Intervention Brigade, Uganda as chair of the ICGLR , felt it was very urgent to convene an Extra-Ordinary Summit on the 5th September 2013 composed of eleven member states, namely: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia. The UN is also expected to be represented in the summit. This extra ordinary summit will be held in Kampala on 5th September 2013, to discuss the above deteriorating situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This summit will be preceded by the Joint meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense which will take place on 4th September 2013. It will be recalled that the Heads of State and Government of the ICGLR held their 6th Extraordinary Summit in Nairobi-Kenya 27-31st July 2013. It is also pertinent to note that on 29th August 2013, ICGLR issued a press release on Escalating violence and resumption of hostility in Eastern DRC and reiterated that the Summit of ICGLR Heads of States and Government of 24th November, 2012 and that of July, 2013 mandated and reaffirmed the support to the political/diplomatic dialogue in Kampala, process aiming at allowing the DRC Government to listen, evaluate and resolve the legitimate grievances of M23 and M23 to stop expanding the war forthwith. The ICGLR called on the DRC Government and M23 to go back and conclude the dialogue process to allow for sustainable solution to the crisis. The ICGLR also called for international Community and International Agencies to provide assistance to the victims of the conflict.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:00:55 +0000
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