Fighting worsens in the DRC-forcing a UN emergency meeting

The Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Edmond Mulet, was in New York today, having just returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to give a full report to UN emergency officials.

Leaders of countries in the Great Lakes region have called for a rapid ceasefire and for the immediate improvement of the humanitarian situation throughout the country. The Nairobi summit, being organized by Great Lakes officials, also urged the implementation of existing agreements on the disarmament of rebel groups in the region and the strengthening of the UN peacekeeping force. Humanitarian agencies have described the situation for civilians as  ” desperate ”, with many people displaced following fighting last week in North Kivu. The total number of displaced people stands at one million.

 

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