Real prospect of ending fighting in eastern DR Congo
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 16 October 2009 - The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced optimism that calm could soon return to the countrys volatile eastern region, while noting that a number of challenges still remain. There is now a real prospect that the conflicts that have long blighted the eastern Congo can be ended, Alan Doss, the Secretary-Generals Special Representative for DRC and head of the UN peacekeeping force there, told the Security Council. News Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32586&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo MONUC website: http://monuc.unmissions.org/
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