DR CONGO: UN BLUE HELMETS ON 'HIGH ALERT' AS M23 REBELS ADVANCE TOWARDS GOMA

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DR CONGO: UN BLUE HELMETS ON 'HIGH ALERT' AS M23 REBELS ADVANCE
TOWARDS GOMA New York, Jul 15 2013 12:00PMUnited Nations peacekeepers
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on high alert today
and stand ready to use force to protect civilians in Goma from an
advancing rebellion by the March 23 movement (M23), the top UN
official in the country said, urging all parties to exercise
restraint.

The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) expressed
"deep concern" about the latest bout of fighting which broke out after
a significant group of the M23 attacked the national forces (FARDC) on
14 July in Mutaho, eight kilometres northwest of Goma, in eastern DRC.
According to the Mission, heavy artillery and a battle tank were used
in the attack.

"Any attempt by the M23 to advance toward Goma will be considered a
direct threat to civilians," the Mission warned. It also noted that
the UN blue helmets stand ready to take any necessary measures,
including the use of lethal force, in order to protect civilians.

The acting Special Representative of the Secretary General in the
country, Moustapha Soumaré, urged restraint to avoid a further
escalation of the situation.

"I call on all to abide by the Peace, Security and Cooperation
Framework Agreement and to allow the political process towards peace
to move forward," Mr. Soumaré said, referring to the UN-brokered
accord adopted in February with the support of 11 nations and four
international organizations (11+4), with the aim of ending the cycles
of conflict and crisis in the eastern DRC and to build peace in the
long-troubled Great Lakes region.

"I urge all signatories of the PSC Framework to exercise their
influence in order to avoid an escalation of the situation," he added.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Mary Robinson, the UN Special
Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes Region, along with World Bank President
Jim Yong Kim, visited the DRC in May to bolster support for the PSC
Framework which Ms. Robinson dubbed a "framework for hope."

Last month, there was talk of a possible resumption of peace talks
between the Government of the DRC and the M23. At that time, Mrs.
Robinson had urged both sides to engage in earnest discussion under
the auspices of the Chairperson of the International Conference for
the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Mr.
Robinson was convened in Burundi last week a conference to help
develop a road map for women's engagement in efforts to bring peace to
Africa's long-trouble Great Lakes countries.

Since March, tensions in the region have been heightened, leading to
the Security Council to authorize in March the deployment of an
intervention brigade within MONUSCO to carry out targeted offensive
operations, with or without FARDC, against armed groups that threaten
peace in eastern DRC. Jul 15 2013 12:00PM
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