03 12 11 – Memorandum of Diaspora Congolese women from Belgium, France and United Kingdom ahead of the DRCongo elections results .

We
express our continued solidarity for Congolese populations,
particularly women, who are aspiring for peace, human security and an
end to gender-based sexual violence; we call
on all actors to respect as well as apply the principles that underlie
the universal values of human rights, dignity and democracy.

 

We
demand that all Congolese actors involved in the Presidential and
national deputation elections to respect the choices of the Congolese
populations for the governance of the DRCongo.

 

We
are demanding that the permanent members of the United Nations Security
Council and the Congolese government to demonstrate their commitments
to The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that recognises the right of all peoples to self-determination,
including the right to "freely determine their political status",
pursue their economic, social and cultural goals, and manage and dispose
of their own resources. The rights to political participation,
including the right to join a political party and the right to vote.

 

We call on all 9 neighboring countries, the
African Union, United Nations Security Council through MONUSCO, , the
European Union, the countries of the CEAC, the Great Lakes of Africa and
EAC countries to respect the sovereignty of the DRCongo. We call on the
current Congolese government to respect the DRC constitutions and to
demonstrate its political will for Free and transparent elections
processes and a peaceful release of results.

 

It
is time for reason, morality and human dignity to prevail over profit
and injustice to enable restoration of peace and the require social or
economic justice reinforce state institutions that will guarantee a
Sovereign state with rule of law that will bring social transformation,
human rights and human development in the DRCongo

 

In peace and Solidarity

 

^{3rd December 2011}

 

COMMON CAUSE UK, platform of Congolese women in the UK: commoncauseuk@gmail.com

 

 

CONGO ACTIF-FRANCE: yabisomag@yahoo.fr.

 

 

FIREFEC Belgium: Firefec.asbl@yahoo.fr