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| Goma: Launch of preparatory work for Kivus peace conference | |
MONUC - December 28, 2007 | |
 | The preparatory work of the conference on peace, security and development in the Kivus was officially opened on Thursday 27 December 2007 in Goma by IEC president and conference coordinator Fr. Malu Malu. It also marked the beginning of a public awareness campaign for the conference which is scheduled from 6-14 January 2008. |
| Congo's Government Launches Offensive Against Rebels | |
VOA News - December 26, 2007 | |
 | The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has launched an offensive to root out renegade General Laurent Nkunda and other rebels who control parts of the country's east. Efforts to integrate the general and his rebels into the regular army have fallen apart, and now the military has taken up arms. Kari Barber has more. |
| Ban Ki-moon welcomes talks aimed at bringing peace to eastern DR Congo | |
UN News - December 24, 2007 | |
 | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced hope that an upcoming peace summit to be held in the troubled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will help end a conflict that has caused tremendous suffering and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. |
| Security Council extends MONUC's mandate until 31 December 2008 | |
MONUC - December 24, 2007 | |
 | The Security Council today extended the mandate and capacity of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) for one year, until 31 December 2008. |
| Climate change in the DRC and future challenges | |
MONUC - December 21, 2007 | |
 | A climate change conference was held in Kinshasa's Grand Hotel on 21 December 2007. Organised by the UNDP who launched the "World Report on Human Development 2007/2008", the conference defined the nature of climate change in the DRC, and presented the challenges for the future. |
| Security Council calls on DR Congo rebels to disarm, end child recruitment | |
UN News - December 21, 2007 | |
 | Concerned at the worsening situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fighting has escalated between Government and renegade forces, the Security Council today demanded that all rebel groups lay down their arms and immediately stop recruiting children. |
| North Kivu: FARDC maintain blocking positions against Nkunda's rebels | |
MONUC - December 20, 2007 | |
 | At its weekly press conference of 19 December 2007, MONUC announced that there "appears to be a progressive stabilisation" of the situation, as the FARDC have taken up blocking positions east, west and north of Laurent Nkunda's rebels in North Kivu province. |
| World Bank Board Discusses Four-Year Strategy for DRC | |
The World Bank - December 18, 2007 | |
 | The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group today discussed the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) for the fiscal years 2008-2011. |
| DR Congo invites rebels to talks | |
BBC News - December 18, 2007 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a peace conference at the end of the month aimed at ending the conflict in the east of the country. The government says all parties in the conflict are being invited, including rebel leader Gen Laurent Nkunda. |
| UNHCR chief Guterres calls for end to North Kivu fighting | |
UNHCR - December 17, 2007 | |
 | UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has called for an end to the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and pledged to help improve conditions in camps there for tens of thousands of displaced people. Guterres, wrapping up a three-day visit to DRC's strife-torn North Kivu province on Sunday, said the real solution to the massive displacement lay in lasting peace. |
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