News Focus: DR of Congo
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Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years after treaty – UN officials
India’s all-female UN police unit serves as inspiration for Liberian women
UN blue helmets help passengers in DR Congo when plane overshoots runway
Leaders of Rwandan rebel militia arrested for atrocities committed in DR Congo – UN
Angola seeks UN aid to repatriate 60,000 nationals from DR Congo
Joint Statement of the Heads of the State of the African Great Lakes Region - Nairobi summit, 7 November 2008
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“The military option alone cannot resolve the question of the armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s report to Security Council, June 2009
