| Title |
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Democratic Republic of Congo: arming the east |
| Author |
Amnesty International, TransArms, IPIS |
| Edition |
PDF |
| Published |
London: AI |
| Year |
2005-07-05 |
| Pages |
79 |
| Volume |
AFR 62/006/2005 |
| Abstract |
Weapons and munitions have continued to flow into the Great Lakes Region and to those forces known to flagrantly abuse human rights in the eastern DRC despite the peace agreements in 2002 between warring groups of the DRC and between the governments of DRC, Rwanda and Uganda. The UN Security Council imposed a mandatory arms embargo on the provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri region of the eastern DRC, and also on groups not party to the peace agreement in the DRC, on 28 July 2003. This embargo was considerably strengthened and applied to the whole of the DRC, with certain exceptions, on 18 April 2005. Yet, before and after the imposition of the UN embargo, reports of arms and related deliveries continued.| | More documents on the Ituri district
More documents on the Kivus
More documents on arms trade and the DRC
resolutions UN Security Council |
www.amnesty.org
www.ipisresearch.be |
| Bestand |
Amnesty-DRC_arming_the_east_20050705.pdf (787 Kb) |
| Country |
Central Africa , DRC , Europe |
| Themes |
- Conflict
- Economy
- Human rights
- International Relations
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