Democratic Republic of the Congo - Security Council, 9849th meeting

Briefing Security Council on Worsening Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo, Senior Official Says Actions Endangering Civilians, UN ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:37:37
• Production Date: 26 January 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX; BINTOU KEITA; JOYCE MSUYA
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - DPKO; SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION STABILIZATION MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - MONUSCO
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; RWANDA SITUATION; VIOLENCE; DISPLACED PERSONS; DESTABILIZATION; CONFLICT SITUATION; BOUNDARIES; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; ARMED GROUPS; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; BORDER INCIDENTS; ETHNIC CONFLICT; DEATH; GROUP CONFLICT PREVENTION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; RWANDA
• MAMS Id: 3333546
• Parent Id: 3332720

Description

Holding an emergency meeting following advances by the 23 March Movement, or M23, towards the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and concurrent attacks on United Nations peacekeepers there, the Security Council heard today that urgent action is needed to address a rapidly deteriorating situation while time remains to do so. 

Briefer: Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations 

Briefer: Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Briefer: Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator 

Statements: All Council members, with Sierra Leone speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia 

Statement: Ms. Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, State Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Francophonie, Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Statements: Rwanda, Angola, Uruguay, South Africa, Burundi 

Further statement: Ms. Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, State Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Francophonie, Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Further statement: Rwanda

 

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