Communiques – en

Eurac welcomes the decision of several EU member states to temporary freeze their budget support to Rwanda. This decision comes following the publication by the Security Council of the interim report of the Group of Experts on the DR Congo (S/2012/348) as well as an addendum to the report addressing Rwanda support to armed groups in DR Congo . The freeze of budget support was temporary while awaiting the response of the government of Rwanda to the allegations contained in the Addendum. On July 27th the Government of Rwanda published its response[1].

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Kigeme Refugee Camp — The villagers feared the soldiers because they robbed and raped and recruited children for their war. It didn't matter which armed faction they represented – a plethora of cadres came and went. All brought weapons and conjured panic when they walked through Kibarizo community in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Masisi province.

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The Congolese government and M23 armed group fighting in DR Congo’s north Kivu province must ensure threats against human rights defenders and journalists are stopped, Amnesty International has said, following an increase in documented cases of intimidation over the past three weeks.

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THE HAGUE, Netherland, August 7, 2012/ — Today, 7 August 2012, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (http://www.icc-cpi.int) decided, for the first time in proceedings at the ICC, on the principles that are to be applied to reparations for victims in the context of the case against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, who was found guilty (http://bit.ly/RwP2zi), on 14 March 2012, of the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 years and using them to participate actively in hostilities.

Kampala, 7 August 2012

Delivered by Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative
and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA),

The United Nations relief chief will embark on a three-day visit next week to highlight the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its effect on the region, particularly on neighbouring Rwanda.

The members of the Security Council were briefed on 30 July 2012 by Mr Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and head of MONUSCO, on the situation in the eastern part of the DRC and specifically on the attacks perpetrated by the mutineers of the 23 March Movement (M23), including the imminent threat to the city of Goma.