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Council urges all sides to observe truce

    NAIROBI

    Members of the UN Security Council on Friday called for a halt to the fighting in the DRC. Speaking to journalists following a closed-door briefing on the DRC, Council President Ambassador Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation expressed “deep concern” about the ceasefire violations. He said that Council members “fully supported” an appeal for a halt to the fighting which was issued earlier on Friday in Kinshasa by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the DRC, Kamel Morjane.

    Morjane proposed a truce at least for the holiday period and expressed concern about the spillover of the fighting into neighbouring countries, such as Zambia, which up until now has maintained its neutrality in the conflict. Council members also expressed concern about the safety and security of personnel working with the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) and reiterated the importance of “the national dialogue to be promoted in the DRC”.

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