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On 3rd September Amb. Mirjam Blaak met Mr. Felix Ojok and Mr. Jamada Bwambale both Ugandan students at the Wageningen University pursuing a Master’s degree. The meeting took place during the Centennial celebration in Wageningen at the world famous agricultural university.  

The Office of the Special Presidential Assistant on Diaspora is organising a workshop on Diaspora awareness workshop in December. We would like this inform to be uploaded for information.

 Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga  attended the Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 16th - 17th July 2018 in The Hague.

11 Best Framers from Uganda have been invited for a week long tour to the Netherlands. The Best Framers competition is sponsored by the Dutch Embassy in Kampala, the DFCU Bank in Uganda, the New Vision newspaper and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

The EU Parliamentary Committee on Development headed by MEP Hon. McEvan invited Amb. Blaak and Mr. Balde of UNHCR Geneva in the morning of 18 May 2018 to make interventions on refugees in Uganda after the visit of the Committee to Uganda last week.

Practicing Sunday 25th March 2018 Football Ugandan diaspora Aalst in Belgium. Team is called UgaBel. You all better get prepared as the Uganda Diaspora international matches will be played in Munich on 14 and 15 July 2018. Save the date! 

By the looks of it UgaBel may win the international tournament.......

From 19-23 February 2018, the Government of Ireland and Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) led a joint monitoring visit to northern Uganda.

The monitoring visit, initiated by the Government of Ireland, was aimed at reviewing the implementation of TFV projects in northern Uganda, meeting with victim survivors and affected communities who have been receiving the support from the TFV, and hearing how the assistance has made positive impacts to them.

Ambassadors of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and CDA South Sudan

Amb Blaak of Uganda and Amb Weru of Kenya

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President Yoweri Museveni has today Thursday 28th September 2017 met the European Union (EU) Commission President Jean Claude Juncker and presented a raft of concerns raised by East African Commuinty member states on the Economic Partnership Agreements.

4th December 2017, in New York- Mr. John Bosco Suuza, Amb. Blaak, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and Attoney General of Uganda Hon. William Byaruhanga during a farewell reception for President of Assembly and President of the court.

Today 18th January 2018 Amb Blaak, Brussels had a meeting in the Netherlands with Wageningen university officials to brainstorm on developing a programme to combat the "false coddling moth", which is rampant in roses and capsicum exported into the EU and causes many consignments to be rejected as being non compliant with EU phytosanitary standards.

The Trias Trail is organizing expedition to Uganda. The organizers need more participants to register with them and participate in the event. There will be a meeting on 5th May 2017 at Bakala Academy in Leuven, Belgium to discuss in details about the event.

The Brussels mission  has been visiting The headquarters of Cargolux in \r\nLuxembourg on a number of occasions and it is likely that Cargolux will \r\nfly into Entebbe on a weekly basis.

In September the African Ambassadors were invited to a trip to the \r\nRotterdam Harbour receiving an overview of the 4th largest harbour in \r\nthe world.

An annual competition by Dutch embassy, DFCU/Rabo bank and KLM resulted in a working visit by 13 winning farmers to the Netherlands. Amb Blaak met the group and encouraged the Ugandan farmers to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them during this important visit

The university of Brussels organised a book launch on Investment Arbitration to which Ambassador Blaak was invited and met with the Director Of the diplomatic institute and The Secretary General of the ACP Amb Gomes.