The Forum of Parliaments of Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) in collaboration with the National Assembly of the Republic of Tanzania are organizing the Fifth Statutory Meetings of the Committees on “Peace and Security” and “Democracy and Good Governance” from 26 to 29 March 2019, in Arusha, Republic of Tanzania.

The FP-ICGLR is an inter-parliamentary organization composed of 12 National Parliaments of the ICGLR Member States namely the Republic of Angola, the Republic of Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Rwanda, the Republic of South Sudan, the Republic of the Sudan, the United Republic Tanzania, the Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Zambia.

The main objective of the FP-ICGLR is to make a significant parliamentary contribution to the implementation of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region.

The meetings will focus on the political, security and humanitarian situation of the ICGLR member countries, in particular the Republic of Burundi, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of South Sudan; the Security management at common borders with a special focus on the cross-border movement of people ; the report of the Elections Observer Mission conducted from 17th December, 2018 to 2nd January, 2019 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Finally, there will be a debate on the research theme “Participatory and Representative Democracy in ICGLR Member States: Normative Approaches and Perspectives.

These meetings will be attended by parliamentarians who are nominated to serve in the two Committees respectively.