Six years after the signature of the Addis Ababa Agreement, the outcome of which is still mitigated, the Coordinator of the National Monitoring Mechanism, Claude Ibalanky Ekolomba, presented the Roadmap for the Pacification of East of DRC, to regional and international partners.

It was during the International Conference on Peace and Investment in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region held last Friday in New York, following 74th session of the UN General Assembly. This Roadmap aims to make more legible and concrete the restoring and consolidating process for a lasting peace in east of the DRC that face insecurity for over twenty-five. " It's too much! We must put an end to it! He said.

"It is possible that we put all our agendas on the same table to release a single one. We will do well to come out of this conference with a concrete result to support the new momentum for peace which will be beneficial for very long term", Claude IBALANKY said. And to add: We all want peace in the world, but everyone wants it on its terms and that's where everything gets complicated. This assertion of Romain Guillaumes, so profound, could also concern us. For this aim, we propose the road map for the pacification of East of DRC. This Project is fundamentally about building a common strategic vision for peace in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region, he explained. And to conclude: We can put an end to this worrisome security situation in the East of the DRC if everyone wants it, and if all we want it.

Cross-border investment opportunities for the Great Lakes Region have been presented to investors to support peace efforts that also require the fight against poverty.

This conference was enhanced by the presence of the Head of State Félix-Antoine TSHSEKEDI who is committed to working for peace without which development is not possible. From the rostrum of 74th session of the United Nations, the President of the Republic said last Thursday: "Today, the biggest challenge of the Democratic Republic of Congo is that of peace, security and stability. Since our investiture, convinced of the absolute necessity of peace, we have committed ourselves unreservedly to the achievement of this objective, taking into account its regional and international dimension".

The Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation for the DRC and the Region was signed on February 24, 2013 in Addis Ababa with the aim of resolving the main causes of the recurring cycles of violence that destabilize the East of DRC and the Great Lakes Area. The United Nations Security Council which endorsed the said Framework Agreement, considers it to be an essential mechanism for peace and stability in the Region. It remains to be seen how to achieve peace. This is the purpose of the Roadmap presented by the MNS to the international partners to which they are linked. Indeed, this Framework Agreement includes three types of commitments: national, regional and international.


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