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Great Lakes Leaders to Sign Security Pact

The Nation (Nairobi)
NEWS
December 14, 2006
Posted to the web December 13, 2006
Nairobi
Heads of States from the Great Lakes region meet today at Unep headquarters in
Gigiri to sign a pact on security, stability and development.
The two-day summit will also be attended by the chairperson of the African
Union commission, Mr Alpha Oumar Konare, and high ranking UN officials.
A press release from the information desk said the pact was a result of growing
awareness of the need for peace in the region.
The first summit was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in November 2004. During
the summit, the Heads of States adopted the Dar es Salaam Declaration, that
called for peace, security, democracy and development.
The leaders will sign a pact that include Programmes of Action, Legal Protocol,
Special Fund for Reconstruction and Development.
Great Lakes countries are Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and
Zambia.


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