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Continued Attacks by Rwanda on the Democratic Republic of Congo and conflict minerals
Topic Started: Jul 22 2014, 05:10 PM (343 Views)
Vonar Roberts

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Ignace Gata Mavita wa Lufuta
Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today I come before you in the hopes of securing the support of the Security Council, and the General Assembly to impose sanctions on the export of Coltan, and freeze the bank accounts of individuals inside Rwanda who profit from and are involved in the illegal Coltan mineral smuggling network.

Recently the United Kingdom reversed a decision it had made back in 2012 to suspend aid to Rwanda, and as we predicted at the time the sudden resumption and increase in British aid to Kigali had the exact opposite effect of promoting peace and stability. Instead of promoting peace and stability this decision resulted in a increase of the frequency of attacks on Congolese border forces by Rwandan forces with there being several incidents a month, and the Kigali government has become even more uncooperative in our efforts to find a diplomatic solution that would end the Rwandan attacks on our country.

Based on evidence gathered by the United Nations and other independent sources we believe that corrupt officers in the Rwandan military are attempting to protect lucrative and illegal conflict mineral smuggling routes out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and into Rwanda. We would like to ask that the United Nations impose a binding series of sanctions on Rwanda covering coltan exports from Rwanda as Rwanda has no know domestic supplies of Coltan, yet the Rwandan military reports a annual profit of $175 Million from Coltan sales.

This Coltan we believe is supplied by rebel groups who control mine sites inside the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Rwandan military from which it is then sold on the international market ,and the funds are then used to fund rebel operations inside the Democratic Republic of Congo and line the pockets of officers of the Rwandan armed forces. In addition to the sanctions on Coltan sales from Rwanda I would also ask that the Security Council move to condemn Rwanda's attacks against the Democratic Republic of Congo, suspend aid transfers to Rwanda, and freeze the bank accounts of individuals in the Rwandan government and military who would profit from the theft of our own country's natural resources.

I yield the floor,
Edited by Vonar Roberts, Jul 22 2014, 05:15 PM.
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Alfonso IV
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Antonio Patriota
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Mr. Liu, past performance is not an indicator of current or future actions. Therefore, it is quite unwise to condemn Rwanda based on non-governmental militias' actions. Brazil urges Beijing to reserve judgement until a, preferably multinational, team of unbiased individuals reports its findings to the United Nations.
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Vitaly Churkin
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Ambassador Patriota,

While it is true that former actions should not be a basis for expecting further actions the militia's you are talking about are likely under governmental control, at least in the way that they get ammunition and arms from the government. As a result the Russian Federation views them as governmental forces. The independent investigation has yet to be completed, and thus Russia will maintain neutrality on this issue until that time. But we do see a trend of former Rwandan actions coinciding with current Rwandan actions.
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Mister Churkin,

I advise to practice what you preach as the statement you made is full of contradictions. On the one hand you assume that the Rwandan militias are under government control, and that you view them as government forces. At the same time you mention that you see a certain trend, yet you also want to await the independent investigation. These facts summed up do not at all sound like you are independent in the matter. Turkey would like to support that a draft resolution is created, which can be presented to the UNSC, so that an investigation into the matter can be undertaken as swiftly as possible.
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Motohide Yoshikawa
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Japan urges the conclusion of the investigation into the matter. We agree with condemnations of the historical conduct of Rwanda and hope for, in the mean time, there to be a strengthening of the independent monitoring force on the Congolese border provided the agreement of Kinshasa to defend its national sovereignty.
Edited by Litos, Jul 25 2014, 10:16 AM.
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