UN
United Nations Peacekeeping
3 Mar
2009
MONUC applauds remobilisation of transition's institutions around DRC electoral process
«MONUC applauds the holding of the inter-institutional workshop on the electoral process last week. It is satisfied that most of the transition?s players actively participated in the workshop that issued recommendations that enlightened the public opinion on the method of the organisation of the elections» Mamadou Bah, MONUC spokesman declared during the Wednesday conference.
Mr. Bah said, «MONUC especially noted a serious commitment from the Parliament, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) and the International Community in favour of the elections'' and clearly indicated that « the real problem about the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo lies on how to proceed to organise the elections within the constitutional time frame, that is within the shortest time possible, as the Congolese people wish; how should the outstanding issues should then be addressed within a short period of time for the elections to take place as scheduled' ».
MONUC spokesman went on to say, «MONUC has appealed to other transition's institutions to support and encourage the CEI rather than simply criticizing it and downplaying its image». He highlighted how difficult and immense were the tasks ahead for the CEI.
Mr. Bah further invited the DRC transition government to take necessary actions to « restore discipline within the DRC armed forces».
Referring to the agenda of the Special Representative of the United Nations for the DRC, Mr. William Swing, the spokesman indicated that MONUC chief travelled to Brussels on 8 February 2005, within the framework of a 48-hour working visit, during which he respectively met with the Special Envoy of the European Union to the Great Lakes region, Mr Aldo Ajello, the head of the European Development and Humanitarian Commission, Louis Michel and Javier Solana, the representative of the European Union for foreign policy and common security. On Saturday, 5 February, MONUC chief travelled to Abuja, accompanied by a delegation consisting of Mr. Carlo De Filippi, chief of the European commission's Delegation, with a view to exploring how to make the DRC benefit from the Nigerian experience with respect to computerized electoral process. Mr. Bah further indicated that Mr. Swing held talks with Nigerian President and acting chairman of the African Union, Olusegun Obasanjo.
With regard to the last clashes in Ituri, the spokesman briefed the press on the conclusions reached by the MONUC multidisciplinary team -conducted investigations, which confirmed the death of 52 civilians in the attacks by the 'Front des Nationalistes Intégrationnistes, FNI', against the Hema population. The MONUC investigation team received information that armed civilians were among the FNI militiamen including approximately thirty children aged 12 to 15, Mamadou Bah indicated.
Following the attacks that caused the displacement of several dozens thousands people, «aid workers reacted promptly», Madame Rachel Scott-Leflaive, head of advocacy and Information to the office of the coordination of the UN humanitarian affairs (OCHA) in DRC said, stressing, « it is feared that insecurity causes the number of the displaced to increase whilst the humanitarian coordinator of the UN system in DRC, Mr. Ross Mountain insisted on the return of the displaced to their home district once security conditions permit».
Within the framework of Disarmament and Community Reintegration, MONUC spokesman said as of 8 February 2,913 ex-combatants joined the process and 24,509 weapons and munitions were collected, say 254 more people and 9,658 more weapons compared to the last week figures.
MONUC military spokesman, Lieutenant-colonel Dominique Demange reported that on the ground, militiamen have shown their goodwill to join the process. The military spokesman further announced the holding of MONUC-ONUB workshop in Kinshasa as from Thursday 10 February. Both UN peacekeeping missions established in two neighbouring countries have agreed to « conduct joint patrols along the border in order to significantly curb the cross-border movement by armed groups. »
MONUC spokesman went on to say, «MONUC has appealed to other transition's institutions to support and encourage the CEI rather than simply criticizing it and downplaying its image». He highlighted how difficult and immense were the tasks ahead for the CEI.
Mr. Bah further invited the DRC transition government to take necessary actions to « restore discipline within the DRC armed forces».
Referring to the agenda of the Special Representative of the United Nations for the DRC, Mr. William Swing, the spokesman indicated that MONUC chief travelled to Brussels on 8 February 2005, within the framework of a 48-hour working visit, during which he respectively met with the Special Envoy of the European Union to the Great Lakes region, Mr Aldo Ajello, the head of the European Development and Humanitarian Commission, Louis Michel and Javier Solana, the representative of the European Union for foreign policy and common security. On Saturday, 5 February, MONUC chief travelled to Abuja, accompanied by a delegation consisting of Mr. Carlo De Filippi, chief of the European commission's Delegation, with a view to exploring how to make the DRC benefit from the Nigerian experience with respect to computerized electoral process. Mr. Bah further indicated that Mr. Swing held talks with Nigerian President and acting chairman of the African Union, Olusegun Obasanjo.
With regard to the last clashes in Ituri, the spokesman briefed the press on the conclusions reached by the MONUC multidisciplinary team -conducted investigations, which confirmed the death of 52 civilians in the attacks by the 'Front des Nationalistes Intégrationnistes, FNI', against the Hema population. The MONUC investigation team received information that armed civilians were among the FNI militiamen including approximately thirty children aged 12 to 15, Mamadou Bah indicated.
Following the attacks that caused the displacement of several dozens thousands people, «aid workers reacted promptly», Madame Rachel Scott-Leflaive, head of advocacy and Information to the office of the coordination of the UN humanitarian affairs (OCHA) in DRC said, stressing, « it is feared that insecurity causes the number of the displaced to increase whilst the humanitarian coordinator of the UN system in DRC, Mr. Ross Mountain insisted on the return of the displaced to their home district once security conditions permit».
Within the framework of Disarmament and Community Reintegration, MONUC spokesman said as of 8 February 2,913 ex-combatants joined the process and 24,509 weapons and munitions were collected, say 254 more people and 9,658 more weapons compared to the last week figures.
MONUC military spokesman, Lieutenant-colonel Dominique Demange reported that on the ground, militiamen have shown their goodwill to join the process. The military spokesman further announced the holding of MONUC-ONUB workshop in Kinshasa as from Thursday 10 February. Both UN peacekeeping missions established in two neighbouring countries have agreed to « conduct joint patrols along the border in order to significantly curb the cross-border movement by armed groups. »
