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Security Council condemns incursions into Rwanda and DR of Congo

14 May 2004
Calling on Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to strengthen security along their frontier, the United Nations Security Council today condemned incursions by the Rwandan army into the eastern DRC as well as rebel attacks launched from Congolese territory.

UN envoy hails trilateral Great Lakes meeting in Washington

12 May 2004
On the eve of a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda in Washington, D.C., the United Nations special representative in the DRC said today he hoped the talks would lead to the normalization of relations among Central African countries.

Chief of UN mission calls on militias in DR of Congo to join Ituri peace process

10 May 2004
The chief of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) today called on militias in the east of the country to join the UN-backed peace process in Ituri province, where some 50,000 people have been killed and half a million uprooted from their homes.

Probe launched into sexual abuse allegations against UN mission staff in DR of Congo

7 May 2004
The United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has launched a comprehensive investigation into reported instances of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of civilians, including minors, by its personnel in Bunia, in the northeastern part of the country.

25,000 displaced as DR of Congo fighters confront Rwandan rebels, UN says

5 May 2004
Clashes between forces from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and long-time Rwandan rebels, known as the Interahamwe and accused of taking a major part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, have uprooted about 25,000 people in South Kivu in the eastern DRC, the United Nations said today.

Expert panel named to monitor UN arms embargo in eastern DR of Congo

26 April 2004
Four experts have been named to monitor the United Nations embargo prohibiting weapons flowing to militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and, if necessary, to nearby areas of other countries.

Congolese expelled from Angola threaten Angolan refugees in DR of Congo

22 April 2004
Congolese workers recently expelled from Angola, penniless and at minimum notice, have attacked Angolan refugees being sheltered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and cared for by United Nations agencies, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today.

Migrants expelled from Angola into DR of Congo need urgent aid, UN says

21 April 2004
At least 80,000 migrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who were recently expelled by neighbouring Angola from a diamond-rich district, urgently need food, medicines, clean water and transport, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today.

Commander of UN force in DR of Congo visits Kivus and neighbouring Burundi

16 April 2004
The commander of United Nations forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) visited the troubled eastern regions of the Great Lakes country and held talks with officials in neighbouring Burundi on enforcing the arms embargo against the Kivu Provinces in the DRC.

Security Council elects three officers of DR of Congo sanctions committee

12 April 2004
The United Nations Security Council has elected a chairman and two new vice chairpersons for its committee overseeing an arms embargo against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).