Rwanda History: Fwd: SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON DR CONGO LEADER TO APPROVE JOINT ACTION TO ‘NEUTRALIZE’ REBELS

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Fwd: SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON DR CONGO LEADER TO APPROVE JOINT ACTION TO ‘NEUTRALIZE’ REBELS

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Security Council meets on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and issues statement calling on its leader to approve joint action to 'neutralize' rebels. UN Photo/Mark Garten

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON DR CONGO LEADER TO APPROVE JOINT ACTION TO 'NEUTRALIZE' REBELS

The Security Council today called on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to "swiftly approve" plans to begin joint operations between the Congolese military and the United Nations peacekeeping force to "neutralize" a rebel group with a long history of heinous crimes in the eastern regions of the vast country. Read more

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“Uwigize agatebo ayora ivi”. Ubutegetsi bukugira agatebo ukariyora uko bukeye n’uko bwije.

"Ce dont j’ai le plus peur, c’est des gens qui croient que, du jour au lendemain, on peut prendre une société, lui tordre le cou et en faire une autre."

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile."