Remarks at a Security Council Briefing on the Great Lakes Region

Ambassador Robert Wood
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs
New York, New York

AS DELIVEREDGood morning, colleagues. Thank you, Special Envoy Xia, for your informative briefing. I also welcome the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and appreciate the advice to the Council he outlined this morning.Today’s meeting comes at a critical moment for the DRC and broader Great Lakes Region. Just last month, this Council traveled to Kinshasa and Goma. Two weeks ago, SRSG Keita provided an update on MONUSCO’s critical contributions to – and sacrifices for – peace in eastern DRC.The UN Regional Strategy for the Great Lakes is […]

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