INTERN – POLITICAL AFFAIRS

Job Opening

Job Opening ID: 229581

Job Network : Political, Peace and Humanitarian

Job Family : Political Affairs

Category and Level : Internship, I-1

Duty Station : NAIROBI

Department/Office : Office Of The Special Envoy Of The Secretary-General On The Great Lakes Region

Date Posted : Mar 1, 2024

Deadline : Mar 14, 2024

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This position is in the Office of the Special Envoy of The Secretary-General for the Great Lakes in Nairobi. Nairobi is classified as a “B” hardship duty station and a family duty station. The incumbent reports directly to the Senior Political Affairs Officer – OSESG-GL Nairobi.

The duration of this Job Opening will be three (3) months. In February 2013, 11 nations signed the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region, in a renewed drive to end the recurring cycles of devastating conflict in eastern DRC which impacts stability and development in the Great Lakes area of Africa. On 31 January 2014, two more countries, Kenya and Sudan, became signatories of the PSC Framework.

The framework aims to help “address the root causes of conflict and put an end to recurring cycles of violence” in eastern DRC and the Great Lakes Region. In its Resolution 2098 (2013), the Security Council welcomed the signing of the PSC Framework. It called on the Special Envoy, in coordination with the Special Representative for the DRC to “lead, coordinate and assess the implementation of national and regional commitments under the PSC Framework, including through the establishment of benchmarks and appropriate follow-up measures”.

The Security Council further encouraged the Special Envoy to “lead a comprehensive political process that includes all relevant stakeholders to address the underlying root causes of the conflict”.

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