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STORY: UNGA80 / DRC
TRT: 03:05
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 23 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
2. Wide shot, DRC President walking up to rostrum, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“With regard to the reform of the Security Council, my country reaffirms the Common African Position, as set out in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Syrte Declaration: Africa must benefit from two additional seats in the category of non-permanent members and two seats in that of permanent members, with the same rights — including the right of veto — the same privileges, and the same obligations as the current permanent members.”
4. Wide shot, DRC President at rostrum
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“With its 54 States and more than 1.2 billion inhabitants, Africa cannot remain on the sidelines of decisions that concern international peace and security.”
6. Wide shot, DRC President at rostrum
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“On the eve of the establishment of the independent Commission of Inquiry decided by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the massacres perpetrated a few months ago by our aggressors and their auxiliaries in the east of my country, I make a solemn appeal to the international community: it has the moral and political duty to support this essential initiative in order to establish the truth, deliver justice to the victims, and lay the foundations of a lasting peace, rooted in memory and shared responsibility.”
8. Wide shot, DRC President at rostrum
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“The withdrawal of Rwandan troops, the end of their support to the M23, and the restoration of the authority of the Congolese State over all the occupied areas constitute non-negotiable conditions for a lasting peace.”
10. Wide shot, DRC President at rostrum
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“I address this Assembly with a solemn appeal: recognize the Congolese genocide, support our struggle for truth and justice, and help us finally build a lasting peace in the heart of Africa.”
12. Various shots, DRC delegation clapping
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“We call on the United Nations to establish a regime of targeted sanctions against the perpetrators of economic crimes, but also of war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide committed in the East of my country, and to support all actions aimed at drying up the illicit supply chains of minerals which, for decades, have financed war and human tragedy.”
14. Med shot, delegation clapping
Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said, “Africa cannot remain on the sidelines of decisions that concern international peace and security.”
Addressing the General Assembly’s General Debate today (23 Sep) Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo said, “With regard to the reform of the Security Council, my country reaffirms the Common African Position, as set out in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Syrte Declaration: Africa must benefit from two additional seats in the category of non-permanent members and two seats in that of permanent members, with the same rights — including the right of veto — the same privileges, and the same obligations as the current permanent members.”
He also said, “On the eve of the establishment of the independent Commission of Inquiry decided by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the massacres perpetrated a few months ago by our aggressors and their auxiliaries in the east of my country, I make a solemn appeal to the international community: it has the moral and political duty to support this essential initiative in order to establish the truth, deliver justice to the victims, and lay the foundations of a lasting peace, rooted in memory and shared responsibility.”
He stressed, “The withdrawal of Rwandan troops, the end of their support to the M23, and the restoration of the authority of the Congolese State over all the occupied areas constitute non-negotiable conditions for a lasting peace.”
He addressed the General Assembly “with a solemn appeal: recognize the Congolese genocide, support our struggle for truth and justice, and help us finally build a lasting peace in the heart of Africa.”
He then called on the UN “to establish a regime of targeted sanctions against the perpetrators of economic crimes, but also of war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide committed in the East of my country, and to support all actions aimed at drying up the illicit supply chains of minerals which, for decades, have financed war and human tragedy.”
