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Briefing the Security Council today, the head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bintou Keita, said that the country continues to show resilience despite the challenges that it is facing. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said, “A clear indicator of the deteriorating situation is the surge in internal displacement since January 2022, which has brought the total number of displaced people to 5.5 million – the largest caseload in Africa.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres spoke to President Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC and conveyed his condolences and apologized for Sunday's incident which involved UN peacekeepers and took place in Kasindi on the border of the DRC. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said, “Ongoing M23 and armed group activities in eastern DRC threaten to reverse hard-won progress in security and stability in Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.” UNIFEED

In the presence of the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a memorial service took place in Goma for eight peacekeepers from Pakistan, Russia and Serbia who lost their lives in a helicopter crash. MONUSCO

The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) said, without a combination of approaches that address “both causes and symptoms, our resources and those of the FARDC (the Congolese military) will remain insufficient” in the face of the deteriorating security situation in the country, adding that this illustrates the “inherent limitations of relying solely on security operations to resolve these conflicts.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Bintou Keita, told the Security Council that the challenges facing the Congolese Government in implementing a state of siege “highlight the limits of a strictly military approach to the protection of civilians and the neutralization of armed groups.” UNIFEED

Violence and access constraints in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to hamper humanitarian operations in a context where one in three people need assistance, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita encouraged “the heads of the institutions, political groups and civil society officials concerned to work together to reassure the country about the credible and independent organization of the 2023 electoral process.” UNIFEED