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International support to post-conflict programmes was essential to ensure the success of Congo's fragile peace process and prevent a return to hostilities, the Geneva-based Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) said in a report on a recent mission to the country. The report, received by IRIN on Friday, said that since the signing of the peace accords, people in the Congo had achieved a level of peace "unimaginable only a few months ago", despite having been "ignored during its most difficult period". The accords have led to a new sense of
optimism and a surprisingly speedy return of hundreds of thousands of displaced people to their homes. But a certain amount of scepticism remained in view of the country's recent history and past political failures, it stated. Without the financial and moral support of the international community, as well as its "political oversight", the peace process could fail. "The actual costs of the proposed programmes are small
in comparison with the human and economic costs associated with a relapse into conflict," the report added.
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