IN RWANDA, UN ENVOY STRESSES NEED TO REBUILD TRUST AMONG COUNTRIES IN GREAT LAKES REGION

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IN RWANDA, UN ENVOY STRESSES NEED TO REBUILD TRUST AMONG COUNTRIES IN
GREAT LAKES REGIONNew York, May 1 2013 6:00PMA senior United Nations
envoy visiting Rwanda today highlighted the importance of restoring
trust among countries in the Great Lakes region to ensure long-term
peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and
beyond.

"If we can bring about peace, which we must, and stop the armed groups
of all kinds from operating in the eastern DRC, this will help Rwanda,
it will help the region," said Mary Robinson, the Secretary-General's
Special Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes Region, in remarks to the
press.

Her stop in the Rwandan capital, Kigali is part of a regional tour to
encourage implementation of the accord she has called a "framework for
hope," which was signed by 11 countries in February aimed at ending
decades of conflict and suffering in DRC and the wider region.

"I believe the real heart of this is to rebuild and strengthen the
trust between the countries of the region by each of them
implementing, rigorously and transparently, the commitments," she
said.

Mrs. Robinson explained that her role would not be "to come up with
the solution to the conflicts" but rather to encourage ownership of
the agreement and its implementation by the Governments and the people
within each country who would be the beneficiaries.

While in Kigali, she spoke by telephone with President Paul Kagame who
was travelling outside the country, and met with senior Government
officials, as well as with civil society organizations.

Mrs. Robinson said she was encouraged by her conversations with Mr.
Kagame and Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo, who confirmed the
Government's commitment to work towards the implementation by all
signatories of their commitments in the Peace, Security and
Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the Region.

Last November the M23 rebel group – made up of former members of the
DRC national army (FARDC) who mutinied in April 2012 – occupied Goma.
Clashes between the Government and rebels displaced more than 130,000
people in and around the city, and sent another 47,000 fleeing to
neighbouring South Kivu province. Amidst widespread condemnation and
calls for their withdrawal, the M23 fighters pulled out after 11 days.

In the wake of those events, the Security Council in March authorized
the deployment of an intervention brigade within MONUSCO to carry out
targeted offensive operations, with or without the Congolese national
army, against armed groups that threaten peace in eastern DRC.

Mrs. Robinson's next stop in her visit to the region will be Kampala,
Uganda. She will then travel to Burundi, South Africa and Ethiopia.May
1 2013 6:00PM
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