Democratic Republic of the Congo - Security Council, 9948th meeting

Democratic Republic of Congo-Rwanda peace agreement ‘major step forward towards ending conflict’, mission head tells Security Council, urging collective action.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:51:00
• Production Date: 27 June 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: BINTOU KEITA
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION STABILIZATION MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - MONUSCO
• Subject Topical: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SITUATION; VIOLENCE; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; PEACE AGREEMENTS; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; MALNUTRITION; ARMED GROUPS
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; RWANDA
• MAMS Id: 3419100
• Parent Id: 3418440
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9448 DRC 27 JUN 2025 PM

Description

Violence, humanitarian crises and instability driven by warring factions continue to roil the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite a peace agreement newly signed with Rwanda, senior United Nations briefers today warned the Security Council, urging “collective action” to end the conflict. 

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), noted that the signing earlier in Washington, D.C., of the draft peace agreement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda “is a major step forward towards the end of the conflict”. 

However, she warned, the situation demands urgent attention. In Ituri province, retaliatory attacks by CODECO (Cooperative for the Development of the Congo) and Zaire armed groups have continued to affect villages and internally displaced persons sites. Two new armed groups have emerged, led by Innocent Kaina and Thomas Lubanga, both convicted of serious international crimes including recruitment of children. While attacks on civilians by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in North Kivu and Ituri have decreased, the threat they pose has not diminished but rather evolved. In this context, she said MONUSCO continues to leverage its comprehensive protection strategy to reduce threats to civilians and improve early warning and rapid response. 

• Briefer: Ms. 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 
• Briefer: Sierra Leone, as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
• Statements: All Council members, with Sierra Leone speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia 
• Statements: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda 

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