Communiques – en

In July 2010 the US Congress passed the Dodd Frank Act, containing amendments on ‘conflict minerals’ from the Great Lakes region. The legislation came over a decade after the UN Security Council first expressed its concerns over the links between mineral exploitation and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the intervening period dozens of reports by the UN Group of Experts and others have documented the role of natural resources in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Joint Conference Proposes Revisions to Proposed Legislation for a Specialized Mixed Court

On April 8th at 12 noon the Dear Hillary Campaign for the Congo will join hands in solidarity with the people of the Congo in front of the State Department to press for the appointment of a Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS FRIDAY (APRIL 8TH) AT NOON?

Kinshasa 15 March 2011 – It has been brought to the attention of the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic epublic of the Congo, (MONUSCO) that some individuals have been using the name of both the United Nations Security Council and MONUSCO to fraudulently obtain money from mining companies doing business in the Congo.

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(Kinshasa / New York / Geneva, 10 March 2011): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has ended her two-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Vanaf vandaag kan u mijn paper, MONUC/MONUSCO and Civilian Protection in the Kivus, online vinden. Dit werk is te downloaden via volgende link:

As from today my paper, MONUC/MONUSCO and Civilian Protection in the Kivus, is available online, via the following link:

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) released
the official Report of the Mapping Exercise in October 2010. The report documents "the most
serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the
territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003".