Communiques – en
29 04 13 EurAc demands Mary Robinson commitment to sustainable peace process in the Great Lakes region
Brussels, 29 April 2013
The European Network for Central Africa (EurAc) and its members have welcomed with enthusiasm the nomination of Mary Robinson as UN Special Representative for the Great Lakes region. EurAc hopes that her political experience will have a high and positive impact on the peace process in the region.
Read More25 04 13 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Travel Warning
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) (DRC). The Department strongly recommends you avoid all travel to the city of Goma and the province of North Kivu, and all but essential travel to the province of South Kivu and the Ituri region in the province of Oriental. Because of ongoing instability and violence, the Department's ability to provide consular services to U.S. citizens in these regions of the DRC is extremely limited. This replaces the Travel Warning dated November 21, 2012, to update information on security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Read More19/04/13 South African Government (Pretoria) : President Zuma Extends Employment of SANDF Personnel to Fulfill International Obligations
President Jacob Zuma has today informed Parliament of the extensions until April 2014, of the employment of personnel of the South African National Defence (SANDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan to fulfil various international obligations.
Read More17 04 13 Testimony by Federico Borello Director of Investments, Humanity United Before the Subcommittee on African Relations of the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations On Examining Ongoing Conflict in Eastern Congo April 16, 2013
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Read More16/04/13 International Criminal Court: ICC Internally Inquires On Allegations of Sexual Abuse By Former ICC Staff Member
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a formal internal inquiry into allegations communicated by four individuals under the ICC's protection programme that they had been subject to sexual abuse by a former ICC staff member working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Read More12/04/13 UNHCR chief urges international support for Central African Republic and DR Congo
WOROBE, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 12 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Friday called on the international community to increase its support for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR), which have both been facing major humanitarian crises for more than a decade.
Read More28/03/13 United States Department of State (Washington, DC) – Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Envoy On U.N. Action On Democratic Republic of the Congo
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
New York, NY
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, U.S. Alternate Representative to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs, at the Adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2098
Read More26 03 13 HRW: Warlord Ntaganda at ICC a Victory for Justice
Investigations of High-Level Suspects Needed to End Abuses
Read More22 03 13 HRW – Bosco Ntaganda’s Trail of Atrocities Ends at the ICC
(The Hague, March 22, 2013) – The Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is on a plane to The Hague, where he will face justice at the International Criminal Court, almost seven years after the court issued its first arrest warrant against him.
Read More21 03 13 Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the appointment of Mary Robinson as Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations for the Great Lakes region
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the following statement today:
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