UN ENVOY URGES SUSTAINED POLITICAL WILL FOR DR CONGO PEACE FRAMEWORK

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UN ENVOY URGES SUSTAINED POLITICAL WILL FOR DR CONGO PEACE
FRAMEWORKNew York, May 3 2013 1:00PMMary Robinson, Special Envoy for
Africa's Great Lakes Region, today urged leaders to keep working
towards the success of the new eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC) peace plan, particularly amid what she sensed were mounting
pressure and rhetoric in the country.

"I am seeing a political will and an urgency for peace that has to be
maintained," Mrs. Robinson
<"http://bnub.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=2961&ctl=Details&mid=5312&ItemID=1411339&language=en-US">told
reporters in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, the latest stop on her
trip to the Great Lakes region, which began on 29 April and wraps up
this weekend.

"We have had regional agreements before. This time must be different.
Now is the time for the implementation to begin," she said, referring
to the Peace Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and the region.

Earlier in the day, she held talks with President Pierre Nkurunziza,
and welcomed his expressed commitment to the peace plan and to working
with her as Special Envoy. Mrs. Robinson also met with regional peace
envoys of both the African Union and the International Conference on
the Great Lakes Region, as well as with the leadership and staff of
the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB).

"She recognizes the importance of regional efforts to contribute to
solutions, and looks forward to working in partnership toward the
success of the Framework agreement," Mrs. Robinson's office said
afterwards.

Yesterday, Mrs. Robinson held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri
Museveni focused on the implementation of the accord, which was signed
by 11 nations in February 2013 to end the cycles of conflict and
crisis in the eastern DRC and to build peace in the long-troubled
region.

While in Uganda, she expressed concern about purported mounting
pressure and rhetoric in recent days in the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC).

"In her ongoing discussions with the leaders in the region, the
Special Envoy is stressing that the political cooperation through the
Framework should remain the central focus of efforts to resolve the
conflicts and achieve peace, security and development," continued the
news release.

During talks with the Ugandan President, Mrs. Robinson commended Mr.
Museveni for his efforts to contribute the peace efforts by hosting
the ongoing Kampala talks under his leadership of the regional
intergovernmental group known as the International Conference on the
Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). She also met with Defence Minister Crispus
Kiyonga, facilitator of the talks.

The Ugandan capital has been the site of on-off talks between the DRC
Government and representatives of the 23 March Movement (M23) armed
group, made up of former national army troops who mutinied in April
and named after a 23 March 2009 peace agreement that they reportedly
say has not been implemented.

The M23 occupied the eastern city of Goma on 19 November, after an
advance that included clashes with the DRC armed forces, known by the
French acronym FARDC.

Amid widespread condemnation and calls for their withdrawal, the group
pulled out of the city of one million after 11 days in accordance with
requirements laid out in an ICGLR communiqué, and monitored by some of
the 1,500 peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC
(MONUSCO) who are deployed in Goma.

In March, the UN Security Council 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.

In recent days, media reports have quoted the M23 saying they will not
continue with the Kampala talks given the establishment of the
intervention brigade.

During her visit, Mrs. Robinson urged all parties "to achieve renewed
momentum" in the process. Her office added that the Special Envoy
"recognizes the importance of regional efforts to contribute to
solutions, and believes cooperation with the United Nations will be
important to the success of the Framework agreement."

In both Burundi and Uganda, Mrs. Robinson met with civil society
organizations, including women's groups. The Special Envoy has said
that the engagement of women at the national, regional and
international levels is crucial for ensuring the success of the
Framework.

Mrs. Robinson's next talks are in South Africa, where she will hold
meetings including in Pretoria on Saturday with Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.May 3 2013
1:00PM
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