A/RES/57/233
Recalling also the Ceasefire Agreement signed at Lusaka, 5 as well as the
Kampala disengagement plan, 6 the Harare sub-plans for disengagement and
redeployment, and the peace agreements signed at Pretoria 7 and Luanda,
Encouraging all Congolese parties to use the present momentum to promote an
all-inclusive conclusion of the inter-Congolese dialogue,
Noting that the promotion and the protection of human rights for all are
essential for achieving stability and security in the region and will contribute to the
creation of the environment necessary for cooperation among States in the region,
Concerned at all violations of human rights and international humanitarian law
in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by parties to the conflict,
as mentioned in the reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human
Rights on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,8
Concerned in particular at continuing violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, including in the Ituri region,
Concerned about the lack of procedural and substantive safeguards in the
administration of justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Recalling its decision to request the Special Rapporteurs of the Commission on
Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo and on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and a member of the
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the Commission to
carry out a joint mission of investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
while regretting that the security situation has not yet allowed such a mission,
1.
Welcomes:
(a) The Peace Agreement, signed at Pretoria on 30 July 2002, between the
Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda
on the Withdrawal of the Rwandan Troops from the Territory of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and the Dismantling of the former Forces armées rwandaises
and Interahamwe Forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the
programme of implementation of that Agreement; 7
(b) The Peace Agreement, signed at Luanda on 6 September 2002, between
the Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of
Uganda on the withdrawal of Ugandan troops from the Democratic Republic of the
Congo and cooperation and normalization of relations between the two countries;
(c) The continuing dialogue between the authorities of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and Burundi, and expresses the hope that this will lead to the
permanent normalization of relations between the two countries;
(d) The significant withdrawals of foreign troops from the territory of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo;
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5
S/1999/815, annex.
See S/2000/330 and Corr.1, paras. 21–28.
7
See S/2002/914, annex.
8
See A/57/349 and A/57/437.
6
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