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Sandrine Lusamba

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2021-03-30
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  1. “I would like to end this briefing by repeating the words of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ms. Bintou Keita: “With the help of the Force, with the political will at the central, provincial and local governments’ levels on the one hand, and on the other hand, the determination shown by all the partners including the United Nations, MONUSCO as well as bilateral and multilateral partners, it would be possible to do things in a different way.””

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source

  2. “We recommend that the Security Council: prioritize efforts that address the drivers of multifaceted conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including by ensuring gender-sensitive approaches to promoting intercommunity reconciliation, the governance of natural resources and conflict prevention, and ensuring that all United Nations entities monitor all attacks and threats of violence against women peacebuilders, politicians, activists and human rights defenders as part of early warning processes; ensure that all transition processes are gender responsive, including through benchmarks, analyses, technical gender expertise and regular consultations with various women’s civil society organizations across the country at all stages of planning and withdrawal from missions, ensuring that activities related to women, peace and security are transferred in a sustainable manner; prioritize gender-sensitive community engagement, which includes regular consultations with women’s rights groups, women peace workers and human rights defenders, within the framework of regular mission activities, and publicly recognize the essential role of women; ensure that all relevant United Nations entities and experts, including senior officials, such as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Humanitarian Coordinator and the Resident Coordinator, issue statements of condemnation in response to violent rhetoric and measures of repression against civil society in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including against human rights defenders and peacemakers; encourage, within the framework of transitional justice, in the case of the mapping report, the creation of mixed chambers specializing in the prosecution of international crimes within Congolese courts, in order to resolve the problem of costs and time; and provide Congolese justice with expert reports adapted to the context and to the crimes, including sexual violence and forensic medicine, as recommended by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 42/34, of September 2019.”

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source

  3. “In the locality of Lopa alone, located nearly 30 kilometres from the town of Bunia, there are 17 camps for displaced persons from Djugu. Their living conditions remain poor. The city of Bunia also has four camps for displaced people, and we are witnessing an unprecedented phenomenon — children aged 2 or 3 are wandering in the city to beg.”

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source

  4. “The recent assassination of the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo while he was on a mission to the province of North Kivu is an eloquent sign of the fragility of the security situation in that part of the country, despite the more than 20-year presence of MONUSCO. By way of illustration, in the territory of Beni, on the night of Sunday to Monday, 15 March 2021, the commune of Bulongo was attacked by the Allied Democratic Forces, killing 14 people, including 4 women, who were massacred with knives. The pictures are atrocious. Several displacements of the population were observed as they abandoned their localities and headed towards the city of Beni. In Ituri, armed and community conflicts continue to cause massive displacement of the population.”

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source

  5. “While the United Nations has taken preventive and disciplinary measures, in particular within the framework of its zero-tolerance policy in matters of sexual abuse and exploitation, criminal proceedings are rarely initiated by the contributing States, which remain the sole judges of the acts of their nationals. The renewal of MONUSCO’s mandate in December 2020 seemed, in the eyes of the affected populations, to be a harbinger of hope for a definitive return to peace, especially in the east of the country. But since then, there has been no significant change and the situation seems to be going from bad to worse; the activism of armed groups is growing, insecurity persists and human rights violations continue.”

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source

  6. “The political, security and human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has created significant needs in terms of the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes, community reconciliation and the establishment of the truth. Given the security challenges facing the civilian populations, especially in North Kivu — where the presence and activities of armed groups continue to seriously threaten the inhabitants of that area — MONUSCO is regularly criticized, even violently, for its limited capacity to protect civilians. The Mission’s reputation among the civilian population has been tarnished by several cases of sexual abuse and exploitation committed by its civilian and military personnel.”

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source

  7. “The continued activity of armed groups in the east of the country, as well as the strong tensions and community conflicts throughout the country, pose an ongoing threat to the security of the civilian population permanently displaced within or outside the borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nature, scale and duration of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo demand a local response that is comprehensive, rapid and coordinated among several actors, including regional, military and civilian actors. The still high number of human rights violations, the nature of these violations and the impunity enjoyed by those responsible for these violations demonstrate that the Congolese justice system has long had significant flaws.”

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source

  8. “As a civil society organization working alongside local communities and populations suffering from endless wars, we thought it would be useful to examine the lessons to be learned from 20 years of MONUSCO presence in the field, as well as the prospects for a gradual and progressive withdrawal, as envisioned under the aforementioned resolution. Indeed, after 20 years of MONUSCO’s presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the expectations of the Congolese people remain high and their needs enormous, especially in terms of opening up the democratic space. Recent efforts in this direction deserve to be encouraged, especially with regard to the participation of an independent civil society, free media and constructive political opposition in the political life of the country.”

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source

  9. “I thank you for giving me the opportunity to deliver this briefing today. My name is Sandrine Lusamba and I am the National Coordinator of SOFEPADI, which stands for Women’s Solidarity for Peace and Integral Development, a Congolese organization that campaigns for the defence and promotion of specific women’s rights. Following the adoption of resolution 2502 (2019), a common strategy on the gradual and phased withdrawal of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) was established in late October 2020.”

    2021-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/316 (2021) · source