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  1. “We console ourselves by noting that her new functions will address an area - climate change - that will keep her in contact with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is known for its extraordinary biological diversity, so essential for the future of humankind and which is, as Council members know, the world's second set of lungs. I would also like to welcome the fact that the Secretary-General found her a worthy successor in the person of Mr. Said Djinnit, whom we know well from his time at the African Union. He has perfect knowledge of region, and I do not doubt for a moment that he will live up to the hopes for peace, security and shared prosperity of the populations of the long-suffering Great Lakes region. We wish him every success in his work and promise him the unreserved support of the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  2. “The Council should agree that it would provide significant savings for the benefit of maintaining peace in other theatres in Africa and in the rest of the world, which today have greater need of United Nations forces than we do. I cannot conclude without paying glowing tribute to Mrs. Mary Robinson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and to express to her all the gratitude of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the excellent work done during her term, which we would have liked to see continue, as well as for her total dedication to the cause of peace in our country and the subregion.”

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  3. “I want to reiterate once again the unwavering commitment of my country to follow those rules and work tirelessly for peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. In that regard, I would also like to affirm once again before all present in this Chamber that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is more determined than ever to neutralize the FDLR by any means necessary. However, as it did for the M-23 and the Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda, military force - necessary but insufficient - only makes sense as a last resort solution. That being the case, n view of lower security risks and the progress made in strengthening national capacity in all sectors, I appeal on behalf of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a substantial scaling down of the strength of MONUSCO.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  4. “We are aware that the need to consolidate peace and stability in our country goes hand in hand with that of the entire African subregion to which we belong, in particular those that are close to us in the Great Lakes region. We must therefore look for a new momentum based on a new regional security order, on the enlargement and integration of economic and commercial space, on democracy and good governance and on stabilizing and improving the collective management of social and humanitarian problems. It is clear that there is still some way to go and that efforts will be required from all, with each of our countries making internal adjustments and adapting to the rules of peaceful coexistence between States.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  5. “The schedule for municipal, urban and local elections was published on 26 May, while that of other elections will be passed on by the sole competent authority, the Independent National Electoral Commission. In accordance with the tradition that is today well established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, my Government intends to promote a political dialogue open to all and transparent for all Congolese stakeholders. We are counting on the widest possible support for the electoral process, as well as the expected assistance from the United Nations and the international community, in order to hold free, transparent and democratic elections that take into account the country's stability and security requirements.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  6. “With regard to the strengthening of State authority, the implementation of State administrative instruments continues in the territories taken back from former M-23 fighters and other armed groups. Furthermore, skills and resources will gradually be transferred to the provinces and decentralized territorial entities, especially in such leading sectors for development as primary and secondary education, health, agriculture and rural development. Finally, the progress in the decentralization process should be included in the calendar for the next parliamentary session. The Democratic Republic of Congo is entering a new phase that is characterized by the elections cycle scheduled to take place in 2015-2016. The draft law on the organization of the elections has been submitted to Parliament.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  7. “I must say, however, that the situation was recently corrected, thanks to the intervention of the Special Envoys, and that our envoys recently travelled to Rwanda and were able to start the work. Progress should therefore be made in the coming weeks in terms of recognizing the amnesty of former M-23 member located in Rwanda. With respect to the justice sector, reforms are also under way, including the establishment of the Constitutional Court and the appointment of its members. The same is the case with regard to the fight against sexual violence and child recruitment, which is of primary concern to the Head of State and the Government of my country. That is the reasoning behind the recent appointment by the President of an adviser on sexual violence and child recruitment.”

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  8. “To date, several decrees on amnesty have been published by the Ministry of Justice, and hundreds of prisoners who qualified for the amnesty, including former members of the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M-23), were in fact released. The result for that group would have been even more remarkable were it not for the initial lack of cooperation of one of the countries where they had sought refuge, namely, Rwanda, which for months had refused to allow Government envoys from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to have any contact with former M-23 members on its territory and prevented them from filling out the individual commitment forms required by law for them to be eligible for amnesty.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  9. “Allow me also to remind the Council that more than any other State of the region, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was in the frontline for making the principle of the creation of a neutral international force acceptable, for making such a force operational by accepting its transformation into the Force Intervention Brigade within MONUSCO, and for convincing the Security Council of the need to give the Intervention Brigade an unprecedented aggressive mandate, with the explicit objective of driving out all the negative forces, including specifically the FDLR. Let us be reassured that we will not stop before we have been successful in that endeavour. On another level, pursuant to the Nairobi declaration, an amnesty law was promulgated on 11 February 2014 by our Head of State.”

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  10. “Similarly, to conclude with the important issue of neutralizing the FDLR, allow me to say that there is no State or people more aware than the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its people of the urgent need to neutralize the FDLR, since it is the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its people that have suffered the most from the activism of that negative force since its arrival on Congolese territory. It is a group that arrived in our country without our having invited it in, and our decision to push it back over the border was in response to the international community's pressing demand.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  11. “It should be noted that at the end of the 2 August meeting, as a specific response to the stagnation we seem to have observed, we decided to send a delegation of representatives from the coordination mechanism to evaluate the process at this stage, to encourage the FDLR to move quickly to generate greater numbers and to firmly remind them that the military option remained on the table and could be activated at any moment if their conduct did not lend credibility to the voluntary disarmament process and that they had no other option but to disarm voluntarily or face the FARDC and the Intervention Brigade. We also charged our respective experts with developing indicators of progress - or benchmarks - that could objectively measure credibility and effectiveness of the FDLR voluntary disarmament process.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  12. “I preside in person over the monthly meetings, which in addition to Government representatives include all ICGLR and SADC ambassadors and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. The first such meeting took place on 14 July, less than two weeks after the Luanda decision. The second took place on 2 August, while the next one is scheduled for 2 September. I can assure the members of the Council that the FDLR has nothing to fear. They should look forward to the holding of those meetings, where the voluntary disarmament process is regularly evaluated without any hesitation.”

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  13. “We have launched a monitoring mechanism that includes representatives of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, the ICGLR and SADC. It is responsible in North Kivu and South Kivu, just as well as in Kinshasa - for ensuring an effective disarmament process and taking corrective measures as necessary to achieve success. Meetings of the mechanism occur almost daily in the field, in the form of ongoing constructive engagement with the FDLR leadership to accelerate their disarmament and demobilization. Weekly meetings take place in Kinshasa between our colleagues in charge of operations, while monthly meetings are held at the strategic and policy levels.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  14. “They set a date of six months from 2 July 2014, by which time the FDLR must voluntarily disarm or risk military action and forced disarmament. Under the time frame it could be completed earlier, however the maximum time cannot exceed six months. The Ministers also decided that an interim assessment would take place in October, at the initiative and on the part of the ICGLR and SADC, two regional entities that, together with the United Nations and the African Union, form the guarantors of the Addis Ababa Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. Seventh, to ensure consistent and efficient monitoring of the FDLR voluntary disarmament process, it is important to ensure credibility by generating tangible results.”

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  15. “Sixth, the Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs at the joint meeting of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held on 2 July in Luanda were conscious of the enormous risks to which all military operations - particularly one against the FDLR, who live with their families among the Congolese population - would expose civilians. They viewed that as much from a moral point ofview as from an international law perspective, as it is improper to engage in military operations against people unless they are criminals - as in the case of FDLR members - or those who wave a white flag and have chosen voluntary disarmament and started to carry it out. The Ministers therefore decided to give a chance to the FDLR voluntary disarmament option.”

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  16. “They have deposited weapons and assembled in regroupment sites secured by the FARDC and MONUSCO, and await transfer to temporary relocation sites far from our border with Rwanda, from where they will eventually be repatriated to their country of origin or channelled to third countries outside of the Great Lakes region. The non-negotiable option is that they cannot return home; in the interest of regional peace and to build confidence among the States of the region, FDLR elements, once disarmed and demobilized must leave Congolese territory and find refuge in a distant country where they could not reasonably be considered a serious security threat to Rwanda, and thus will cease to provide a pretext for destabilizing activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  17. “Fifth, the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda (FDLR), which remains a major concern to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries in the region, instead responded to the ultimatum by choosing voluntary disarmament, which they solemnly announced in a letter addressed to most ofthe signatories of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. They then began the voluntary disarmament process as of the date announced, that is, 30 May. To date, 250 FDLR forces have been disarmed - out of the 1,400 to 1,500 that remain active - accompanied by over 400 family members, including women and children.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  18. “Second, the final version of the unique, comprehensive DDR III plan was presented to partners and donors on 11 July, with a view to closing out the fund. Third, the identified rehabilitation centres will soon be operationalized. Fourth, having refused voluntary disarmament under the ultimatum presented to them and to all of the other negative forces by His Excellency Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Republic, or disarmament by force, the Ugandan rebels Allied Democratic Forces - National Army for the Liberation of Uganda were targeted by military operations and removed, at great cost, from the area they had occupied for decades. The FARDC is continuing the final phase of search operations with a view to completely eradicating that negative force.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  19. “In view of the neutralizing of armed groups and other negative entities that have been the cause of 20 years of sorrow in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, fraught relations among regional States and the reintegration of their ex-combatants to the benefit of the general DDR III plan approved by Cabinet ministers in December 2013, the following significant advances deserve to be mentioned. First, pre-disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) operations that are entirely funded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under way. The identification and assessing of former combatants from most of the national armed groups is taking place in reception centres, followed by transfer to an evaluation centre; those efforts should accelerate in the weeks to come.”

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  20. “This is true in all sectors and aligns with all of my country's national and regional commitments under the provisions of the Framework agreement. With regard to the security sector, it should be noted that in terms of the army, the recruitment and training of new units to form the rapid-reaction force is in most part under way and progressing satisfactorily. The same is true regarding the police, including restructuring and setting up new command posts subsequent to the December 2013 orders, the community policing experiment and the adoption of the law on the police reform programme.”

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  21. “Mary Robinson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, on the current situation in the region - the problems that persist, the difficulties and obstacles that must be overcome and the immense opportunities for peace that the Security Council and all the parties involved must take advantage of so that all the peoples of the Great Lakes region can enjoy the fruits of the peaceful coexistence they have been deprived of for too long. Regarding my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it should be noted that, generally speaking, remarkable efforts have been made and significant results achieved in normalizing the domestic political landscape, implementing the institutional reforms necessary for strong, lasting and socially shared growth, as well as in improving relations with our neighbours.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  22. “I commend the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolution 2147 (2014) (S/2014/450), which discusses the implementation of the commitments made under the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the progress made by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in implementing its mandate. I also welcome the statements just made by Mr. Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and by Mrs.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source

  23. “Mr. N'tungamulongo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): I would first like to undertake the pleasant duty of expressing my delegation's satisfaction at seeing the Security Council presided over during this month of August 2014 by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a country with which we have excellent relations, characterized by mutual trust and respect. I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for holding this important meeting of the Council on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, giving us the opportunity to assess together the progress that is under way and to agree on the measures needed to put the Great Lakes region irreversibly on the road to peace, stability, economic recovery and lasting development.”

    2014-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7237 (2014) · source