DR of Congo: Security Council mission arrives in capital

Aiming to help launch a "solid political process," the United Nations Security Council's mission to central Africa has arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of war-weary Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Upon his arrival at Kinshasa airport, the mission's leader, Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sablière of France, emphasized the "need to stop the fighting in eastern DRC, both in Ituri and the Kivus," and called for the completion of the peace process with the expected establishment of the transitional government as soon as possible.

According to a UN spokesman in New York, Ambassador de La Sablière also stressed the "grave violations of human rights in eastern Congo resulting from the ongoing fighting."

Earlier this morning in Luanda, Angola, the mission met with President Eduardo Dos Santos. On the agenda was the eastern DRC and the Congolese political process.