Article: CONCERNED ABOUT PRESENCE OF ARMED GROUPS IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS THEY LAY DOWN ARMS, SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES

The United Nations issued the following press release:

Gravely concerned that the continued presence of armed groups and militias in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo perpetuated a climate of insecurity in the whole region, the Security Council demanded today that their members immediately lay down their arms and turn themselves in to Congolese and United Nations Mission authorities for disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration.

Unanimously adopting the French-led resolution 1804 (2008), the Council also demanded that the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda (FDLR), former Rwandan Armed Forces (ex-FAR/Interahamwe), and other ...

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