A/RES/59/207 constitutional regime, and the formation of a restructured and integrated national army; and also the formation of an integrated and adequately resourced national police force; (b) To strengthen the transitional institutions, in particular to set up effectively the Independent Electoral Commission, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Human Rights Monitoring Centre, and to re-establish stability and the rule of law over the entire territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thereby returning peace and progress to its people; (c) To comply fully with its obligations under international human rights instruments and, accordingly, to continue to cooperate with United Nations mechanisms for the protection of human rights and further strengthen its cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; (d) To put an end to impunity and to ensure, as it is duty-bound to do, that those responsible for human rights violations and grave breaches of international humanitarian law are brought to justice in accordance with due process, and to carry out urgently a comprehensive reform of the judicial system; (e) To put an end to the use of the death penalty in a manner contrary to obligations assumed under the relevant provisions of the International Covenant Civil and Political Rights 8 and other human rights instruments, while recalling commitment to progressively abolish the death penalty and not to impose it juvenile offenders; its on its on (f) To continue to cooperate with the International Criminal Court and with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; (g) To prevent the use of the media to incite hatred or tensions among communities, while respecting freedom of expression and of the press; (h) To continue its programme to demobilize, disarm and reintegrate former combatants, taking into account the special needs of women and children, including girls, associated with those combatants; (i) To put an end to the illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in view of the link between that exploitation and the continuation of the conflict; Encourages the international community to continue to support the 7. transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its institutions and, in particular, to provide assistance in the reform of national judicial institutions; Decides to continue to examine the situation of human rights in the 8. Democratic Republic of the Congo, and requests the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. 74th plenary meeting 20 December 2004 _______________ 8 4 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

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