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Mechanism for Ituri Pacification Commission Approved

Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
NEWS
February 15, 2003
Posted to the web February 18, 2003
Luanda
Practical modalities to launch the Commission for the Pacification of the Ituri
Region (DR Congo), were elaborated, Friday, in Luanda, by the Foreign ministers
of Angola, DR Congo and Uganda.
The document was elaborated Friday afternoon, during a meeting that gathered
ministers Joao Miranda (Angola), Leonard She Okitundu (DR Congo) and Maombo
Otafiri (Uganda) , also attended by the UN special representative to Congo,
Namanga N'Gongi.
After long hours of discussion, the participants approved a communique with
nine points, where they reiterate the intention to take all the necessary steps
to guarantee a success in the work that the commission is to carry out and to
easily overcome obstacles that may affect that organ's functioning.
The document adds that the different political aspirations in the Ituri region
will be submitted to the appreciation of the UN secretary general special envoy
for the Inter-Congolese dialogue.
According to the communique the commission should effectively start functioning
on 25 February 2003.
It was also agreed that Uganda must guarantee security for the people who will
be working in the village of Bunia, on the preparatory committee and
pacification commission of Ituri.
The participants have also approved a proposal made by the UN mission in the DR
Congo, about organizing a cease-fire ceremony on 19 February, in the village of
Bunia.
According to the UN mission, this is to ensure a satisfactory result of the
negotiations and guarantee the engagement of all the forces involved in the
Ituri Pacification Commission.
The communique stresses the possibility of increasing the number of members of
that commission, supervised by the UN mission, and in agreement with parties
that have signed the September Accord in 2002.

   

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