The UN Security Council on 15 June reaffirmed, in its resolution (1355) on the DRC conflict, that it attached the highest importance to ending the illegal exploitation of the country’s natural resources, and that it was ready “to consider the necessary actions to put an end to this exploitation”. In this respect, it said, it awaited the publication of an addendum to the report of a UN panel of experts on the subject, which should contain an updated evaluation of the subject. In that report, hotly contested by Rwanda and Uganda, the UN panel castigated the two countries and the Congolese rebel groups they support, for plundering the DRC’s natural resources. The Council exhorted all the parties to the DRC conflict to cooperate fully with the panel while ensuring their security.
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