This Friday 19 October 2007, the Kinshasa press makes its headlines with the departure of William Swing as United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for the DRC.

"After an exceptionally long mandate in the DRC, William Swing returns to New York," Le Phare informs.

"We thought it was never going to end," Le Palmarès underlines, "but all that has a beginning has an end." "Swing moves on," said Le Potentiel.

Swing moves on " after a mandate marked by the course of the Inter Congolese Dialogue and the organisation of the general elections which led to the installation of institutions resulting from the elections," points out Le Potentiel.

Particularly difficult moments, Le Potentiel continues, "in so far as Swing did not escape sometimes severe criticism in the implication of MONUC in various negotiations to bring the Congolese to a consensus."

In addition, "his mandate was also marked by the work strike by MONUC local staff looking for a pay rise and improved conditions, and was also marked by scandals within the MONUC contingents," adds Le Potentiel.

"When the truth of the facts was established, disciplinary measures led to the removal of the guilty blue helmets to their countries of origin," specifies Le Potentiel.

"Swing was at the heart of everything that touched MONUC," explains Le Palmarès.

Much more, "he succeeded in winning the hearts of Congolese...through titanic work," added Le Palmarès.

Proof of his implication at the Congolese level, indicates Le Palmarès, "led last Monday to a meeting between a delegation of ambassadors and president Kabila in Goma."

"He did not hesitate to appeal to the dissident soldiers to end their adventure and to subject themselves to brassage," recalls Le Palmarès, before informing that William Swing "will be replaced by Britishman Alan Doss, the current UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Liberia."

By then, as a Democratic Republic of Congo "... one year after the installation of the new legitimate institutions, it is necessary to turn to the future and to commence projects likely to consolidate a rule of law, and a thriving nation ready to face the challenges of development," estimates Le Potentiel.

In this case, "it is no more a question of short term navigating," judges Le Potentiel, which celebrates its 25th anniversary today.