UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: DRC PREL UNSC ETTC
SUBJECT: UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS
RESOLUTION 1771, RENEWING SANCTIONS REGIME FOR SIX MONTHS

REF: STATE 112021


1. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution
1771 on August 10, renewing the sanctions regime in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for six months. The
sanctions consist of an arms embargo on non-governmental
armed groups, and an international travel ban and assets
freeze on individuals violating the arms embargo, recruiting
child soldiers, or impeding disarmament. Resolution 1771
modifies the sanctions imposed under resolution 1596 (2005)
by permitting DRC troops in the process of their integration
in North and South Kivu and the Ituri District to receive
training and assistance.


2. Begin resolution text:

The Security Council,

Recalling its previous resolutions, in particular resolution
1756 (2007),and the statements by its President concerning
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular on 23
July 2007,

Reaffirming its commitment to respect the sovereignty,
territorial integrity and political independence of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as all States in the
region,

Welcoming the establishment in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo of democratically elected institutions, and reaffirming
the sovereign authority of the elected government to
establish effective security and control throughout the
national territory

Taking note with satisfaction of the adoption of the
programme of the Government, in particular the governance
contract included therein,

Taking note of the final report (S/2007/423) of the Group of
Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo established
pursuant to resolution 1698 (2006),
Condemning the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and
into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and declaring its
determination to continue close monitoring of the
implementation of the arms embargo imposed by resolution 1493
(2003) and expanded by resolution 1596 (2005),and to enforce
the measures provided for in resolution 1596 against persons
and entities acting in violation of this embargo, as amended
and expanded by resolutions 1649 (2005) and resolution 1698
(2006),and recognizing the linkage between the illegal
exploitation of natural resources, illicit trade in such
resources and the proliferation and trafficking of arms as
one of the factors fuelling and exacerbating conflicts in the
Great Lakes region of Africa

Recalling its resolution 1612 (2005) and its previous
resolutions on children and armed conflict, and once again
strongly condemning the continued recruitment and use of
children in violation of applicable international law, in the
hostilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Reiterating its serious concern regarding the presence of
armed groups and militias in the Eastern part of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the
provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district,
which perpetuate a climate of insecurity in the whole region,

Taking note of the report of the Security Council mission
which visited Kinshasa on 20 June 2007 (S/2007/421),
Recalling the importance of urgently carrying out security
sector reform and of disarming, demobilizing resettling or
repatriating, as appropriate, and reintegrating Congolese and
foreign armed groups for the long-term stabilization of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Noting that the situation in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo continues to constitute a threat to international peace
and security in the region,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,


1. Decides to renew until 15 February 2008 the measures on
arms imposed by paragraph 20 of resolution 1493 (2003) as
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amended and expanded by paragraph 1 of resolution 1596 (2005);


2. Reaffirms paragraph 21 of resolution 1493 and paragraph 2
of resolution 1596, and recalls in particular that the
measures referred to in paragraph 1 above shall not apply to
supplies of arms and related materiel or technical training
and assistance intended solely for support of or use by units
of the army and police of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, provided that the said units:

a) have completed the process of their integration, or

b) operate under the command, respectively, of the tat-major
intgr of the Armed Forces or of the National Police of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, or

c) are in the process of their integration, in the territory
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo outside the provinces
of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district;


3. Decides further that the measures referred to in paragraph
1 above shall not apply to technical training and assistance
agreed to by the Government and intended solely for support
of units of the army and police of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo that are in the process of their integration in the
provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district;


4. Decides that the conditions specified in paragraph 4 of
resolution 1596, as now applied to the Government, shall
apply to supplies of arms and related materiel as well as
technical training and assistance which are consistent with
such exemptions noted in paragraph 2 and 3 above and notes in
this regard that States have an obligation to notify such
supplies in advance to the Committee referred to in paragraph
7;


5. Decides to renew, for the period specified in paragraph 1
above, the measures on transport imposed by paragraphs 6, 7
and 10 of resolution 1596;


6. Decides to renew, for the period specified in paragraph 1
above the financial and travel measures imposed by paragraphs
13 and 15 of resolution 1596, paragraph 2 of resolution 1649
(2005),and paragraph 13 of resolution 1698; and reaffirms
the provisions of paragraph 14 and 16 of resolution 1596, and
paragraph 3 of resolution 1698;


7. Recalls the mandate of the Committee established pursuant
to paragraph 8 of resolution 1533, as expanded pursuant to
paragraph 18 of resolution 1596, paragraph 4 of resolution
1649 and paragraph 14 of resolution 1698;


8. Calls upon all States, in particular those of the region,
to support the implementation of the arms embargo and to
cooperate fully with the Committee in carrying out its
mandate;


9. Requests the Secretary-General to reestablish for a period
expiring on 15 February 2008 the Group of Experts established
pursuant to paragraph 10 of resolution 1533 and expanded
pursuant to paragraph 21 of resolution 1596;


10. Requests the Group of Experts to fulfil its mandate as
defined in paragraph 5 and 17 of resolution 1698, to update
the Committee on its work as appropriate, and to report to
the Council in writing, through the Committee, by 15 January
2008;


11. Requests MONUC, within its existing capabilities and
without prejudice to the performance of its current mandate,
and the Group of Experts referred to in paragraph 9 above to
continue to focus their monitoring activities in North and
South Kivu and in Ituri;


12. Reaffirms its demand, expressed in paragraph 19 of
resolution 1596, that all parties and all States cooperate
fully with the work of the Group of Experts, and that they
ensure:
- the safety of its members,
- unhindered and immediate access, in particular to persons,
documents and sites the Group of Experts deems relevant to
the execution of its mandate;



13. Further demands that all parties and all States ensure
the cooperation with the Group of Experts of individuals and
entities within their jurisdiction or under their control,
and calls on all States in the region to implement fully
their obligations under paragraph 11 above;


14. Decides that, no later than 15 February 2008, it shall
review the measures set forth in paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 above,
with a view to adjusting them, as appropriate, in the light
of consolidation of the security situation in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, in particular progress in security
sector reform including the integration of the Armed forces
and the reform of the National Police, and in disarming,
demobilizing, resettling or repatriating, as appropriate and
reintegrating Congolese and foreign armed groups;


15. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

End resolution text.
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