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Kagame presses regional solution at UN meeting on Eastern DRC
Publish Date: Oct 01, 2012
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Media Statement
New York,
September 27th, 2012
The crisis in the eastern DRC is an African problem that can
be solved by Africans, Rwanda’s
President Paul Kagame told the United Nations today.
Speaking at a High Level Meeting convened by UN Secretary
General, Ban-Ki Moon, President Kagame invited delegates to back peace efforts
spearheaded by the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).
“Regional initiatives are key to finding a lasting solution
and anyone who wants to help should support them because they are the best
option we have. All that is needed is to support, not supplant, their
efforts,” President Kagame said.
President Kagame warned against “externalising” the DRC
crisis -- blaming external actors for the problem and seeking external
solutions -- when such an approach “effectively absolves blame from those with
primary responsibility”.
“The many armed groups in the country are the outcome of a
complex, long-standing historical reality. Therefore singling out one group out
of many is running away from the actual issue.”
Rwanda
rejects allegations of involvement in the current mutiny, and President Kagame
stressed that solving the crisis will be impossible if the international
community continues to define the issue erroneously.
“A durable solution will clearly come from addressing the
real issues of governance in DRC and dealing with the genuine grievances of its
citizens, even as efforts to end the current crisis are exerted.”
President Kagame described as “perplexing” the degree to
which the international community focuses on the current mutiny at the expense
of the much broader challenges present in the DRC, in the eastern region and
beyond. In particular, he cited the the plight of Congolese of Rwandan descent
who remain targets for rape, torture and murder as a result of their ethnic
origin, and yet are mostly ignored by the DRC government, human rights
organisations and NGOs.
“The problems in DRC are complex and longstanding, and
therefore, applying simplistic or expedient solutions to resolve them, without
going to their historical and political roots, will only gloss over them but
not deal with them definitively.”
"Rwanda
stands ready to play its part in finding a peaceful end to the crisis in the
DRC, particularly as part of a durable regional solution."
Kagame calls for regional solution to DRC crisis
The crisis in the eastern DRC is an African problem that can
be solved by Africans, Rwanda’s
President Paul Kagame told the United Nations, yesterday.
Speaking at a High Level Meeting convened by UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki Moon, President Kagame invited delegates to back peace efforts spearheaded by the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).
“Regional initiatives are key to finding a lasting solution and anyone who wants to help, should support them because they are the best option we have. All that is needed is to support, not supplant, their efforts,” President Kagame said.
President Kagame warned against “externalising” the DRC crisis - blaming external actors for the problem and seeking external solutions - when such an approach “effectively absolves blame from those with primary responsibility”.
“The many armed groups in the country are the outcome of a complex, long-standing historical reality. Therefore singling out one group out of many is running away from the actual issue.”
Rwanda rejects allegations of involvement in the current mutiny, and President Kagame stressed that solving the crisis will be impossible if the international community continues to define the issue erroneously.
“A durable solution will clearly come from addressing the real issues of governance in DRC and dealing with the genuine grievances of its citizens, even as efforts to end the current crisis are exerted.”
President Kagame described as “perplexing” the degree to which the international community focuses on the current mutiny at the expense of the much broader challenges present in the DRC, in the eastern region and beyond.
In particular, he cited the plight of Congolese of Rwandan descent, who remain targets for rape, torture and murder as a result of their ethnic origin, and yet are mostly ignored by the DRC government, human rights organisations and NGOs.
“The problems in DRC are complex and longstanding, and therefore, applying simplistic or expedient solutions to resolve them, without going to their historical and political roots, will only gloss over them but not deal with them definitively.”
“Rwanda stands ready to play its part in finding a peaceful end to the crisis in the DRC, particularly as part of a durable regional solution,” Kagame noted.
Ssekandi calls for support of UN
mandate on CongoPublish
Date: Oct 01, 2012
By Vision Reporter
Vice President Edward
Ssekandi has called for support of a UN mandate for the Neutral International
Force so that they can help the Democratic Republic of Congo Army to deal with
the terrorists against the neighbouring countries.
He made the call during the
High Level meeting on DRC held during the UN Assembly in New York last week.
This high level meeting was
convened by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon as a side meeting to the UN
General Assembly. DRC President Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Jean Ping fAU addressed
the meeting among other leaders.
All African states, AU,
International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and SADC recognised
the progress made via the regional process and called for this to continue as
the best chance for ending of the conflict and durable peace.
