19 Oct 2012

UN / DR CONGO

The United Nations Security Council today reiterated its demand for an end to all external support to armed groups – in particular the group known as the M23 – which have been destabilizing the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over recent months. UNTV

Posted at: October 19, 2012 5:43 pm

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STORY: UN / DR CONGO
TRT: 2.14
SOURCE: UNTV 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 19 OCTOBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1.	Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

19 OCTOBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY

2.	Zoom out, Security Council
3.	Med shot, delegates
1.	SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations:
"The Security Council strongly condemns the M23 and all its attacks on the civilian population, United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian actors, as well as its abuses of human rights, including summary executions, sexual and gender based violence and large scale recruitment and use of child soldiers."
4.	Med shot, delegates
5.	SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations:
"The Security Council also condemns the attempts by the M23 to establish a parallel administration and to undermine State authority. The Security Council demands that the M23 and other armed groups, including the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), cease immediately all forms of violence and other destabilizing activities."
6.	Med shot, delegates
7.	SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations:
"The Council reiterates its strong condemnation of any and all external support to the M23. In this regard, the Security Council expresses deep concern at reports indicating that such support continues to be provided to the M23 by neighbouring countries."
8.	Med shot, delegates
9.	Wide shot, Security Council

STORYLINE:

The Security Council today (19 October) issued a presidential statement strongly condemning the activities of the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) "and all its attacks on the civilian population, United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian actors, as well as its abuses of human rights, including summary executions, sexual and gender based violence and large scale recruitment and use of child soldiers."

The statement, read out by Ambassador Gert Rosenthal of Guatemala which holds the Council's presidency for the month of October, also condemned "the attempts by the M23 to establish a parallel administration and to undermine State authority."

It urged the M23 "and other armed groups, including the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) to cease immediately all forms of violence and other destabilizing activities."

The DRC's eastern provinces of North and South Kivu have witnessed increased fighting between Government troops and the M23, which is composed of renegade soldiers who mutinied in April. The fighting has displaced more than 300,000 people, including many who have fled to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda, as well as within DRC.

The presidential statement further reiterated "its strong condemnation of any and all external support to the M23."

In this regard, it continued, "the Security Council expresses deep concern at reports indicating that such support continues to be provided to the M23 by neighbouring countries."

The statement also expressed concern about the humanitarian situation, including 320,000 people displaced from their homes in North Kivu province since the M23 mutiny started in April 2012.