Members of the UN Security Council on Thursday deplored the “lack of cooperation” displayed by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in its handling of the inter-Congolese dialogue facilitator Ketumile Masire. Following closed door consultations on the situation in the DRC, the Council’s president, Jean-David Levitte of France, said in a press statement that members called for reopening the office of the facilitator in Kinshasa. They urged the DRC government to reaffirm its “full commitment” to the dialogue, which they described as a “central element of the Lusaka Agreement”. The members also requested Levitte to examine the situation with the chairmanship and the secretariat of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which assisted in the designation of Masire as facilitator, and with the Congolese authorities.
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