On
DRC, Amos Says
M23 Lets in
Aid, Araud for
Political
Process, Hege
On Deck
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 27 --
Kicking off
three days of
Congo and
Rwanda
talks at the
UN, the
Security
Council heard
Monday from
Under
Secretary
General
Valerie Amos.
Afterward a
Council member
told Inner
City Press
that Amos said
that the M23
group is
allowing
humanitarian
aid into the
areas they
control.
A
Permanent
Representative
quoted Council
president
Gerard Araud,
who
did not do a
stakeout after
the
consultations,
that M23 "has
won"
territory, and
that now a
political
process must
be put in
place.
Previously, Araud told
Inner City
Press that there are
doubts
about the
international
neutral force
proposed by
Great Lake
countries.
Both
sources said
that the UN
Mission
MONUSCO flying
Congolese
officials
to meet with
Mai Mai
militia, for a
meeting the
Mai Mai leader
said
was about
recruiting his
group to fight
the M23,
did not come
up in
Monday's
Security
Council
meeting.
Perhaps
that
was because it
was a briefing
by Amos' OCHA,
and not the
Department of
Peacekeeping
Operations of
Herve
Ladsous, who
not only
won't answer
any Inner City
Press
questions
but hasn't
been seen at
the UN during
this time of Syria,
Sudan
and Cote
d'Ivoire.
There appears
to be no
oversight, and
no
accountability.
On
the agenda
this week are
back to back
presentations
by Rwanda's
foreign
minister
Louise
Mushikiwabo
and the
coordinators
of the DRC
Sanctions
Group of
Expert, Steve
Hege, whose
2009 writings
about the
FDLR have come
into question.
Expect sparks
to fly --
watch this
site.
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