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 10,531 UN soldiers under
  MONUC's (U.N. observer) command. On October 1,
  2004, the UN Security Council decided to deploy
  5,900 more soldiers to Congo, although UN
  Secretary-General Kofi Annan had asked for some
  12,000.

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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
  mission's 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 65,751,512
• 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