About the Embassy

Mission Statement:

To promote and strengthen the friendly relations between the governments and peoples of the Republic of Uganda and Germany and the other countries to which the Uganda Embassy is accredited. These include: Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, The Vatican, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania.

The Berlin Mission is also accredited to the following United Nations Agencies:

  • United Nations Volunteers Office (UNV) in Bonn, 
  • Bio-Diversity Secretariat in Bonn, 
  • International Atomic Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, 
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn,
  • United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Bonn,
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna,
  • The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO),
  • International Tribunal of the Law of the SEA (ILOS) in Hamburg, 
  • United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), 
  • United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC), 
  • United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Vision:

To promote Uganda's national interests in the Mission's areas of accreditation.

Goal:

The goal of the Embassy is to undertake activities that further overall Uganda's foreign policy objectives, to promote and strengthen the good relations between Uganda and the Federal Republic of Germany as well as Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, The Vatican, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, that are represented on non-residential basis and with the United Nations Agencies in Bonn, Hamburg and Vienna.

The Embassy's main focus is the promotion of commercial diplomacy (trade, inward investment, tourism, and country image through supporting trade missions, establishing and facilitating contacts between business entities) in line with Uganda's Vision 2040 development plan. The Embassy, in this regard, works hand-in-hand with Uganda's Honorary Consuls in the various countries under its accreditation to strengthen ties, facilitate trade, investment and goodwill between the two sides.

Another important duty for the Embassy is to provide information, consular services and assistance to Ugandans in the Diaspora and encourage them to actively participate in developing Uganda.