The Democratic Republic of Congo

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The Democratic Republic of Congo
ByMitchell and Dave
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Who

• On July 10 1999 in Lusaka Zambia the Democratic
  Republic of the Congo along with Angola Namibia
  Rwanda Uganda and Zimbabwe signed the Ceasefire
  Agreement for a cessation of hostilities between
  all belligerent forces in DRC. The Movement for
  the Liberation of the Congo one of two Congolese
  rebel movements signed the Agreement on 1
  August 1999.
• The United Nations
• The United Nations Deputy-Secretary General
  Asha-Rose Migiro had a visit to the Democratic
  Republic of the Congo where she met with top
  leaders and conveyed a message about the world
  bodys support for the country as it moves to
  consolidate peace.
• In July 2004 there were 10531 UN soldiers under
  MONUCs (U.N. observer) command. On October 1
  2004 the UN Security Council decided to deploy
  5900 more soldiers to Congo although UN
  Secretary-General Kofi Annan had asked for some
  12000.

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What

• The United Nations mission in the Democratic
  Republic of Congo is a United Nations
  peacekeeping force established on February 24
  2000. It is to monitor the peace process of the
  Second Congo War.
• Congo and other countries signed a ceasefire
  agreement to aide the lifestyle of Congo.
• The Agreement included provisions on the
  normalization of the situation along the DRC
  border
• MONUCs definition is French. The English
  definition is The United Nations Observer Mission
  in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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When

• The Democratic Republic of the Congo and five
  regional States signed the Lusaka Ceasefire
  Agreement in July 1999. To maintain liaison with
  the parties and carry out other tasks.
• The Security Council set up MONUC on 30 November
  1999 incorporating UN personnel authorized in
  earlier resolutions.
• On 24 February 2000 the Council expanded the
  missions mandate and size.

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Where

• The Mission is located in the Democratic Republic
  of Congo and the subregion
• The headquarters of this mission are in Kinshasa.
• Liaison offices in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
  Bujumbura (Burundi) Harare (Zimbabwe) Kampala
  (Uganda) Kigali (Rwanda) Lusaka (Zambia)
  Windhoek (Namibia)
• Congo is located in Central Africa Northeast of
  Angola.
• Its coastline is 37k. The capital is Kinshasa.
  It borders the Central Africa Republic and Sudan
  on the north. Also Uganda Rwanda Burundi and
  Tanzania on the East.

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Why is there a UN mission

• To monitor the peace process of the Second Congo
  War
• To Monitor the Ceasefire Agreement and
  investigate violations of the ceasefire.
• To establish and maintain continuous liaison with
  the headquarters off all the party military
  forces.
• To work with the parties to release all the
  prisoners of the war.

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Facts

• The population is 65751512
• Congo is slightly less than one-fourth the size
  of the US
• The Democratic Republic of Congo if often know as
  the DRC RDC Congo-Kinshasa or Congo and
  formerly Zaire
• It is the third largest country in the Africa
  continent.
• The country enjoys access to the ocean through a
  narrow forty kilometre stretch .
• The word Congo means Hunter. It is named after
  the Bakongo ethnic group living in the Congo
  river basin.

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Bibliography

• http//media.maps.com/magellan/Images/CONGO-W1.gif
  
• https//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
  /cf.htmlIntro
• http//www.africaguide.com/country/zaire/
• http//www.africaguide.com/country/congo
• http//www.britannica.com/eb/article-40724/Congo
• http//www.un.org/depts/dpko/missions/monuc/index.
  html