DR
Congo and
Rwanda "On
Hold," UNSC
President
Tells ICP,
Belgium's Push
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 2 --
There was a
flurry of
activity on
the
Democratic
Republic of
Congo and its
neighbor,
Rwanda, at the
UN in
September but
the topic is
not even
listed on the
agenda of the
Security
Council for
October.
After
last week's
closed-door
mini summit on
the topic at
the UN, Inner
City Press was
told that the
most vocal in
pushing
sanctions
against
Rwanda
was Belgium,
for the
allegations of
support to the
M23
mutineers made
in the UN
report
coordinated by
Steve
Hege, whose
2009
writings about
the FDLR and
Rwanda have
yet to be
explained
(they
were taken off
the Internet
after Inner
City Press
linked to
them).
On
Tuesday Inner
City Press
asked income
Security
Council
president Gert
Rosenthal of
Guatemala why
DRC is not on
the agenda, is
it just on
hold? Video
here, from
Minute 22:48.
Rosenthal
told
Inner City
Press that on
"Eastern DRC,
the Security
Council
has been
waiting for
some type of
agreement
among the
Great Lake
governments,
so far it has
not come
forth."
Referring
to
Inner City
Press'
question he
said, "the way
you put it,
the
topic being on
hold, is an
accurate
reflection of
where we are
right
now. The
situation is
not good, and
that is the
reason we are
reminding
ourselves in
the footnote
that the topic
may come to us
this month,
though not
specifically
scheduled."
Nor
is there on
the schedule
any Department
of Political
Affairs or
"horizon
scanning"
briefing.
Watch this
site.
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