The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Security Council, 10063rd meeting

Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo crisis risks spillover, senior UN official warns Security Council, calling for swift action on resolution 2773 (2025).

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:12:33
• Production Date: 12 December 2025
• Asset Language: Original
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX; MICHAEL IMRAN KANU; THÉRÈSE KAYIKWAMBA WAGNER
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION STABILIZATION MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - MONUSCO
• Subject Topical: PEACE PROCESS; SANCTIONS; VIOLENCE; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; DISPLACED PERSONS; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; ARMS TRADE; ARMED GROUPS; FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: 3515528
• Parent Id: 3512588
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10063 MONUSCO 12 DEC 2025 AM

Description

The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains highly unstable, with continuing violence and a deepening humanitarian emergency that is putting civilians at grave risk and raising wider regional concerns, a senior UN official warned the Security Council today.

“This threatens not only the stability of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the entire Great Lakes region,” Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, said in his briefing to the 15-member organ.

Recent events especially the Armed Forces Coalition (AFC)/23 March Movement (M23) offensive in South Kivu have revived fears of a wider regional conflagration with unpredictable consequences. He noted that diplomatic progress had been made through the Washington Accords on 4 December, the Doha Framework on 15 November and the 14 October ceasefire monitoring mechanism, but also stressed the urgent need to close the gap between diplomacy and reality and to implement resolution 2773 (2025) without delay.

• Briefer: Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations
• Briefer: His Excellency Michael Imran Kanu, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Briefer: Mr. Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières
• Statements: All Council members, with Sierra Leone speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia
• Statement: Her Excellency Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Francophonie and Congolese Diaspora, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Statements: Rwanda, Burundi
• Further statement: Rwanda

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S/2025/779

S/PV.10063