Highlights: The Under-Secretary General for UN Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, began a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 1, 2024. His stay will take him to the east of the country, to Goma, Béni and Bukavu, but also to Kinshasa where an interview with President Félix Tshisekedi is on the program. It is at the end of his stay that he must meet the Congolese president, recently re-elected for a second term.

The Under-Secretary General for UN Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, began a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 1, 2024. His stay must…

DRC: the deputy secretary general for UN peace operations visits the country

The Under-Secretary General for UN Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, began a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 1, 2024. His stay will take him to the east of the country, to Goma, Béni and Bukavu, but also to Kinshasa where an interview with President Félix Tshisekedi is on the program. Details.

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Deputy Secretary General for Peace Operations Getty Images - EuropaNewswire/Gado

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It is at the end of his stay that Jean-Pierre Lacroix must meet the Congolese president, recently re-elected for a second term. During this interview, the humanitarian situation in the east of the

DRC

will be discussed , insists the Congolese presidency, which refers to a further deterioration in recent months. Objective: to put pressure on the UN Security Council to obtain sanctions against Rwanda, accused by Kinshasa and by several UN expert reports of supporting the M23 rebellion.

Against the backdrop of the withdrawal of the bases of the UN mission in the DRC

Previously, Jean-Pierre Lacroix will have passed through South Kivu. It is in this province that the withdrawal of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) began. Since yesterday, several camps have been dismantling. Jean-Pierre Lacroix must also pass through one of his bases.

I have the great pleasure of welcoming Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Deputy Secretary General for Peace Operations, and Ms. Catherine Pollard, Deputy Secretary General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, who are beginning a visit seven days in the DRC. pic.twitter.com/d2rMQlwtdL

— Bintou Keita (@UN_BintouKeita) February 1, 2024

But he begins this visit with North Kivu, with a stop in Beni for which he is accompanied in particular by Christian Saunders, special coordinator for improving the United Nations response to sexual exploitation and abuse. A presence which is not anecdotal since in October eight MONUSCO soldiers and an officer were suspended in connection with a sexual exploitation case.

Read also Eastern DRC: MONUSCO peacekeepers arrested for “serious misconduct”

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