Democratic

William Lacy Swing

Chief of troubled UN mission in DR of Congo will finish pressing agenda before leaving

4 March 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today with the chief of the UN peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), William Lacy Swing, to review the situation in a mission dogged by deadly clashes in the troubled eastern region of the country and by sex scandals.
UN peacekeepers in Tché, DR of Congo

UN working with neighbours of DR of Congo to contain militia threat, Annan says

3 March 2005
The United Nations mission in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is trying to contain the situation in a very troublesome and unsettled area, as recent attacks on UN troops have shown, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.
Council President Amb. Sardenberg of Brazil

Security Council condemns attack on UN peacekeepers in DR of Congo

2 March 2005
The Security Council today condemned last Friday's attack on a United Nations peacekeeping patrol in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which killed nine Bangladeshi soldiers, and said it considered "this aggression, by its intentional and well-planned nature, to be an unacceptable outrage."

UN peacekeepers in eastern DR of Congo return fire, kill 50 militiamen, destroy camps

2 March 2005
United Nations peacekeepers in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) came under attack yesterday while carrying out a search and cordon operation, returned fire and killed at least 50 militia fighters, a UN spokesman said today.