UN Mission in DR of Congo Concerned About Distribution of Weapons to North Kivu Civilians
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UN News Service (New York)
December 13, 2004
Posted to the web December 13, 2004
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today called on the factions of the national armed forces fighting each other in North Kivu province to end the hostilities and urged anyone handing out arms to civilians in the area to stop.
The UN Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC) issued a statement strongly appealing to the factions engaged in these fights for calm and an immediate end to fighting following "very alarming reports" from North Kivu of clashes between different ex-military components of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) in Kanyabayonga.
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The statement said MONUC supported the DRC Transitional Government's attempts to extend its authority throughout the country. It also appealed to the Government "to clarify the confusion on the ground in North Kivu," bearing in mind that the Government, as well as "the local civilian and military authorities, are entirely responsible for maintaining law and order."
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It recalled that the DRC's High Council of Defence had said the troop redeployment "would be carried out 'in conditions that reassure the populations and that reinforce the units of the 8th military region thus merged.'"
Meanwhile, MONUC exhorted anyone distributing arms to North Kivu civilians to cease and said "they will individually be held accountable for the dramatic consequences of their actions."
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