UN envoy urges parties to ‘stay the course’ towards peace in eastern DR Congo

(UN News) The new head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has urged parties to the peace processes for the volatile eastern region to maintain momentum and fully implement their commitments. James Swan delivered his first briefing to the Security Council nearly a year after the DRC and Rwanda signed a peace agreement in Washington, DC. Together with the Doha Framework for a Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in Qatar and mediation efforts led by the African Union (AU), these processes have created “an agreed pathway” to address the protracted conflict in eastern DRC. “It is now imperative that momentum be maintained, and that the commitments agreed to by the signatories be fully implemented,” he said. – UN envoy urges parties to ‘stay the course’ towards peace in eastern DR Congo | UN News