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DATELINE: 27 MARCH 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
27 MARCH 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council, MONUSCO Chief Bintou Keita on screen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO):
“The security situation in Eastern DRC further deteriorated since the end of elections, with the M23 marking significant advances and expanding its territory to unprecedented levels. This has culminated in an even more disastrous humanitarian situation, with internal displacement reaching unparalleled numbers.”
4. Wide shot, Council
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO):
“MONUSCO is ready to support the future government in its efforts to implement security sector reform and other key governance reforms in order to benefit from a broad consensus as prescribed in our mandate.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO):
“The military engagement must go hand in hand with a continued investment of the Congolese authorities in regional, national and local peace processes, complemented by a profound reform of the security sector and the operationalization of the Programme of Disarmament, Community Reinsertion and Stabilization (P-DDRCS), which the United Nations system plans to support through a joint programme.”
8. Wide shot, Council
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Zenon Ngay Mukongo, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC):
“First, Rwanda no longer denies the presence of its army on the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two, Rwandan army troops are actively participating in the fighting with the use of more sophisticated weapons installed on the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Three, the Rwandan Army has, on several occasions, arrogantly tested the performance of the newly acquired surface-to-air missiles on MONUSCO helicopters and on civilian planes parked at the Goma airport.”
10. Wide shot, Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ernest Rwamucyo, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Rwanda:
“Rwanda’s concerns remain unaddressed. The concerns are twofold. One, the presence and preservation of genocidal forces, and two, the recent public announcements by leaders in our region. Rwanda is concerned by the support given by FARDC to FDLR. These negative forces are being financed, armed and embedded within the FARDC alongside various other militia groups. This support must cease and this FDLR elements should be disarmed, demobilized, and repatriated to Rwanda.”
12. Wide shot, end of Council session
Presenting the Secretary-General’s latest report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the Head of the United Nations Mission in the country today (27 Mar) told the Security Council that the security situation in Eastern DRC “further deteriorated” since the end of the December elections, with the M23 rebel group “marking significant advances and expanding its territory to unprecedented levels.”
Bintou Keita, who is the the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the MONUSCO peacekeeping Mission said, “this has culminated in an even more disastrous humanitarian situation, with internal displacement reaching unparalleled numbers.”
She told the Council that “MONUSCO is ready to support the future government in its efforts to implement security sector reform and other key governance reforms in order to benefit from a broad consensus as prescribed in our mandate.”
Keita said, “military engagement must go hand in hand with a continued investment of the Congolese authorities in regional, national and local peace processes, complemented by a profound reform of the security sector and the operationalization of the Programme of Disarmament, Community Reinsertion and Stabilization (P-DDRCS), which the United Nations system plans to support through a joint programme.”
In his address to the Council, DRC Ambassador Zenon Ngay Mukongo said, “first, Rwanda no longer denies the presence of its army on the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two, Rwandan army troops are actively participating in the fighting with the use of more sophisticated weapons installed on the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Three, the Rwandan Army has, on several occasions, arrogantly tested the performance of the newly acquired surface-to-air missiles on MONUSCO helicopters and on civilian planes parked at the Goma airport.”
For his part Rwandan Ambassador Ernest Rwamucyo said, “Rwanda’s concerns remain unaddressed. The concerns are twofold. One, the presence and preservation of genocidal forces, and two, the recent public announcements by leaders in our region.”
Rwamucyo said, “Rwanda is concerned by the support given by FARDC to FDLR. These negative forces are being financed, armed and embedded within the FARDC alongside various other militia groups. This support must cease and this FDLR elements should be disarmed, demobilized, and repatriated to Rwanda.”
FARDC is the French acronym for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) is an armed rebel group active in the Eastern DRC.
