This cell phone started its trajectory in an artisanal mine in the Eastern Congo.

Financial issues affecting peace and security in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Violence has displaced more than 350,000 people in eastern Congo since the beginning of 2007.

Refugees from the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo leave the Nyakabande transit camp in Uganda.

The central Government does not exercise any authority in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He has approached with great caution the task of settling the region s violent conflicts in Darfur, eastern Congo, and Somalia.

With the decentralization of the Mission, an Eastern Division headquarters for MONUC has been created in Kisangani, to command and oversee tactical operations in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Women in the eastern Congo have no say in the decision making that drives the conflict consuming so many of their lives.

(b) The attacks on human rights defenders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the eastern part of the country

The security situation in the region, particularly in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also remains extremely volatile.

Cross border movements of armed groups have been observed between Burundi and the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

(b) The attacks on human rights defenders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the eastern part of the country

Gravely concerned at the deteriorating economic and social situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in the eastern Congo, and at the effect of the continued fighting on the inhabitants of the country,

Smuggling of the conflict minerals, coltan and cassiterite (ores of tantalum and tin, respectively), has helped fuel the war in the Eastern Congo.

Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda had recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda were cooperating in action to put an end to the continued ethnic tensions in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

They inhabit both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and their range in the eastern Atlantic has been reliably established from Senegal to the Congo.

In mid September, a group of LRA fighters crossed from the Sudan into the north eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Government of Uganda claims that 50 per cent of the population of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo depends on mining activities.

Accordingly, it operates only at the airport in Djili and exercises no authority in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

No special steps have been taken to strengthen surveillance at airports and airfields in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

List of companies operating in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that are not registered with the Ministry of Mines

Gravely concerned at the deteriorating economic, social and humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in the eastern Congo, and at the effect of the continued fighting on the inhabitants of the country, especially women and children,

Gravely concerned at the deteriorating humanitarian, economic and social situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in eastern Congo, and at the effect of the continued fighting on the inhabitants of the country, especially women and children,

The Direction générale de migration (DGM) has not taken any steps to strengthen border controls in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

(b) The killing of United Nations peacekeeping troops by militia groups in Ituri Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in February 2005 and in June 2005

An arms embargo was imposed on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo pursuant to Security Council resolution 1493 (2003) for an initial period of 12 months.

Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees continued to help repatriate Rwandan refugees from the rainforest of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It also urged them to reinforce existing measures to prevent and deny the entry of arms into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through their respective territories.

Reiterating its serious concern regarding the continuation of hostilities by militias and foreign armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and at the threat they pose to the holding of elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Deploring the impunity that characterizes much of the fighting and the accompanying human rights abuses and humanitarian crises in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Concerned in particular at continuing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in the Ituri region,

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, which is investigating the crimes in eastern Congo, has only this week indicted the first Congolese militia commander for gender based crimes.

On March 14, 2012, the International Criminal Court found Thomas Lubanga, a former rebel leader in the eastern Congo, guilty of using children in armed conflict a war crime.

The Transitional Government also faces considerable difficulties in the delivery of regular support to integrated FARDC brigades deployed in operational theatres in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

However, there is still some concern as to the presence of numerous armed groups, including the FNL Palipehutu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

(f) The breaches of freedom of expression, opinion, association and assembly throughout the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in the eastern part of the country

(b) The breaches of freedom of expression, opinion, association and assembly throughout the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in the eastern part of the country

In both Kigali and Kampala, the mission reiterated the concern of the Security Council regarding the continued presence of foreign armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Furthermore, participants agreed to step up pressure to disarm militias operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and to negotiate bilateral extradition treaties concerning the remnant militia leaders.

In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where civil war has taken more than four million lives, children as young as six are routinely recruited by militias and taught to kill.

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(c) To cease all military and logistic support as well as all strategic collaboration with the armed groups, particularly those operating in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo