Objectives
- To provide a platform for exchange of experiences, conflict resolution and dialogue between the Parliaments of the Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region;
- To reinforce capacity building for the members of the Forum and the staff of the Parliaments of the Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region in the fields of legislation, control of governmental action and representation of the people of the Great Lakes Region;
- To support the efforts of Governments in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and to contribute to the consolidation of the peace processes and to national reconciliation;
- To contribute to the implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations on the respect and protection of the rights of women, children and vulnerable persons in periods of armed conflicts;
- To promote democracy, good governance, respect for human rights, fundamental rights and freedoms and organization of free, fair, and transparent elections in the Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region;
- To contribute towards the harmonization of national policies with the Programmes of Action, Protocols, and Projects prepared within the framework of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region;
- To ensure that all the Protocols of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region are embedded in the national domestic legislation of the Member States;
- To ensure that the national Parliaments of the Member States are fully involved in the evaluation and follow-up of the implementation of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region;
- To assist in resolving any conflicts that may arise between the Parliaments or between the Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.
Final communiqué on the working visit of the Sitting President of FP-ICGLR to the Chairperson of the ICGLR Summit
PF-ICGLR statement on the security situation in the Republic of Sudan
Election Observer Mission to the General Kenyan Elections