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Top UN rights expert on DR of Congo welcomes arrival of French troops in Bunia

11 June 2003
While welcoming the arrival in Bunia of advance elements of a United Nations-backed emergency force, the world body's leading expert on human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today said she was still concerned about the dramatic humanitarian situation unfolding throughout the country's war-ravaged northeast.

Security Council delegation meets with Congolese President Kabila

11 June 2003
A United Nations Security Council delegation met today with President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Kinshasa in a bid to jump-start a solid political process for peace in Africa's troubled Great Lakes region.
Council mission arrives at Ndjili airport, Kinshasa

DR of Congo: Security Council mission arrives in capital

10 June 2003
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).
Refugees at a camp in Bunia, DR of Congo

Bloody ethnic clashes in DR of Congo claim more lives - UN mission

9 June 2003
Bloody ethnic clashes in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) claimed more lives over the weekend, according to the United Nations mission in the country, as an advance party of troops from the UN-authorized multinational force began patrols in the area around Bunia.

More troops, 1-year extension recommended for UN mission in DR of Congo

2 June 2003
With the parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the United Nations standing at the intersection of peace and war, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended that the mandate of the UN mission in the country be extended until next June and that its military strength be boosted to nearly 11,000 troops.