The UN Security Council expressed deep concern on Monday at the deteriorating security situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) .
In a statement read out by China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya, the council's president for July, the 15-member body urged key players in the DRC to seek a political solution to the ongoing crisis in the region, "in particular in north and south Kivu."
The council also urged key players to "refrain from any action leading to a military confrontation, that could result in further tension and aggravate the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Kivus, and to seek a solution to the current crisis through political and diplomatic means."
The council called on the "mixed" brigades, a mix of government forces and rebel fighters, to integrate into the Congolese armed forces and to stop recruiting activities.
The council invited the DRC government to develop a global plan to ensure security in the eastern part of the country.
The council strongly encouraged the government to carry out the reform of the security sector nationwide, as a matter of priority, by pursuing its efforts to consolidate the reform of the police and to integrate the armed forces.
The United Nations said that insecurity in the eastern part of the DRC has led to the displacement of some 700,000 people.
Source: Xinhua
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