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Governance/Geopolitics DR Congo: Security Council condemns attack against UN peacekeeping mission
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 22 Sep 2017, 04:15 pm Print
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti
New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): The Security Council has strongly condemned the attack this past Sunday in Mamundioma, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), that killed a United Nations peacekeeper from Tanzania and injured another.
In a press statement issued on Thursday, the 15-member body called on the Congolese Government to swiftly investigate all attacks against the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The Council underlined that attacks targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law.
It also expressed its deepest condolences and sympathy to the family of the peacekeeper that was killed, as well as to the Government of Tanzania and MONUSCO, and wished the injured a speedy recovery.
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