M23 troops at RD Congo.
“Millions of Dead,” decimated families, nearly seven million displaced people, destroyed villages and attacks aimed at women and children. There are signs of a “extermination plan” in the country, says the President of the Republic.
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDCongo), appealed to the recognition by the United Nations General Assembly “Silent Genocide” that has reached the Congolese people for over three decades.
Under the UN General Assembly, the head of state of RCDongo, Félix Tshisekedihe referred to the east of the country surrounding the Movement of the 23 March Movement (M23), supported by the Rwanda.
Tshisekedi considers it to be a “silent genocide” with consequences that said they were disastrous: with “Millions of Dead”decimated families, almost seven million displaceddestroyed villages and attacks aimed at women and children.
The intervention of the Congolese President in New York took place after the announcement of the French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that Paris will host a conference in October to try to resolve the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and implement a humanitarian plan.
What does RD Congo want
The Democratic Republic of Congo, a neighboring country of Angola, and the Rwanda signed a peace agreement in late June, in which they pledged to end armed groups such as M23 and democratic forces for the release of Rwanda (FLDR), founded by Hutus extremists who fled the Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. Provincial Capitals of North and South Kivu in recent months, in the context of an offensive that has caused a new vacancy of displaced people.
In the same statement, the president of the RDC said who in various regions of the east of the country there are signs of a “Extermination Plan”.
The Congolese President besides appealing to the UN General Assembly to recognize Congolese genocide has asked for help to achieve lasting peace in the region. Felix Tshisekedi also defended the establishment of a sanction regime against the perpetrators of economic crimes, war crimes, humanity crimes and genocide crimes committed in the east of the country.
The RDCongo suggested the involvement of the African Union, the United Nations of neighboring states, as well as civil society organizations. Tshisekedi also required “the immediate creation of an independent International Inquiry Commission and with adequate resources to ascertain the truth, do justice to the victims, and break the cycle that has classified impunity.
