The United Nations: The political solution is the only way to achieve peace in the eastern Democratic Congo

In her surname before the Security Council today, Pinto Keita called on the council to take concrete measures against those responsible for the implementation of grave violations of human rights and complicity with it.

Keita, who heads the United Nations Mission to Stabilize in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Monusco), stressed that implementation Security Council Resolution 2773 It is very important to alleviate the suffering of the affected population and preserve the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its territorial integrity, adding: “We must direct all our efforts to ensure unconditional ceasefire.”.

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She indicated that “The political and security situation is still tense due to the expansion of the Congo River and the March 23 movement, with the support of the Rwandan forces, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.”.

She warned that the March 23 movement continued to install a parallel administration in its controlled areas, “Which reflects the ties between armed conflicts and the illegal exploitation of natural resources in the east of the country.”.

She said that despite the intense regional and international efforts, the immediate and unconditional ceasefire called by the East Africa Group, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and Security Council Resolution 2773, and recently under the auspices of Qatar, has not yet been achieved.

She added that “The human rights situation is seriously deteriorating”Useful that in recent months, North Kivu Province has recorded the highest number of human rights violations. According to the UN official, these grave violations against civilians include executions of brief procedures for more than 100 people, kidnapping and forced youth recruitment, including children, in addition to compulsory recruitment and forced action.

Under the national meat

The head of the Monosco mission explained that the attacks and armed clashes and the subsequent mass displacement, and the flow of fighters and fugitives, led to an increase in the exposure of girls and women to sexual violence associated with the conflict.

She warned that the humanitarian situation in the eastern provinces is still critical, with a huge increase in needs. She added that the arrival of humanitarian aid is still disabled in many areas due to the insecurity and the presence of armed groups.

Kita said: “This deteriorating situation comes in light of a global financing crisis. The humanitarian response plan for 2025 has not been funded by 8.2 percent.”.

She stressed that in this difficult context, the UN mission in the Democratic Congo is still fully committed to the implementation of its mandate. She noted that Monosco is facing in Guma and other areas controlled by the March 23 movement, restrictions on the freedom to move it.

The UN official expressed concern that continuous violence in the east of the country “The country’s national cohesion is undermined”.

She warned that with the escape of more people from the eastern provinces of the country to the areas under the control of the government in the West, misleading information that depicts them as infiltrators or suspects, especially on social media, is spread.

Keita called on the parties to respect her obligations to protect civilians, while full compliance with international humanitarian law and human rights law.

28 million people face acute hunger

On the other hand, a new report showed that 28 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are now facing severe starvation, which includes 3.9 million people suffering from emergency levels of hunger, which is the fourth stage of the integrated classification of food security stages.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program said on Thursday that the conflict and the high food prices drives Congolese to one of the worst food crises in the world. They added that the new data for the latest analysis For integrated classification It reveals the highest registered number ever of the population with acute food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

They added that the number that was registered was disturbing, and increased by 2.5 million people since the outbreak of recent violence in December.

Deterioration

Erik Birdison, regional director of the World Food Program in South Africa and the Qatari director temporarily for the World Food Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that the country’s humanitarian situation is deteriorating at a rate that warns of danger, “Families who were already struggling to feed themselves face a more severe reality.”.

The new report pointed out that the situation is especially destroyed in the eastern provinces affected by the conflict, as families lost the ability to reach their livestock and ways to live.

More than ten million people face a sharp insecurity in food security, which is the third and above food security classification, including 2.3 million people in the state of emergency, which is the fourth stage of classification, in the eastern part of the country.

The World Food Program said that in the north of Kivu, South Kivu and Eitori, violence displaced tens of thousands of people, which led to the interruption of food supplies and humanitarian aid from them, and armed clashes are still disrupting food production and trade methods, while human access is still limited, as security risks hinder the ability to provide basic aid.

Life aids

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The Agency called on the international community to increase funding and facilitate the arrival of humanitarian aid to prevent a comprehensive catastrophe, stressing that without urgent support, levels of hunger will continue to rise, pushing the most vulnerable groups to more extreme poverty.