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(c) The excessive accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons and the illicit distribution,
circulation and trafficking of arms in the region and their negative impact on human rights;
3.
Urges all parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
(a) To work for the full and timely implementation of the provisions of the Lusaka Ceasefire
Agreement and to re-establish the authority of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
throughout its territory, stressing, in the context of a lasting peaceful settlement, the need for the engagement
of all Congolese in an all-inclusive process of political dialogue with a view to achieving national
reconciliation and the holding of democratic, free, transparent and fair elections;
(b) To protect human rights and to respect international humanitarian law, in particular, as applicable
to them, the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the protection of victims of war,4 the Additional
Protocols thereto, of 1977,11 and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide,12 especially with regard to respect for the rights of women and children, and to ensure the safety
of all civilians, including refugees and internally displaced persons within the territory of that country
regardless of their origin;
(c) To ensure the safety, security and freedom of movement of United Nations and associated
personnel within the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, in this regard, to ensure safe and unhindered
access of humanitarian personnel to all affected populations;
(d) To bring an end to all violations of human rights and to ensure that there is no impunity for human
rights violators;
(e) To cooperate fully with the National Commission of Inquiry on the alleged massacres of a large
number of refugees and displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and also with the
Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in addressing these
allegations, with a view to the submission of a further report by the National Commission of Inquiry to the
Secretary-General on the progress of its investigations into this question;
4.
Calls upon the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
(a) To comply with its obligations under international human rights law and to promote and protect
human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout its entire territory;
(b) To take a leading part in efforts to prevent conditions that might lead to further flows of internally
displaced persons and refugees within the Democratic Republic of the Congo and across its borders;
(c) To uphold its commitment to reform and restore the judicial system and in particular to reform
military justice in conformity with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2
and encourages provisional assistance to this end;
11
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
12
Resolution 260 A (III).
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