United Nations (Reuters)-the United Nations on Saturday said a U.N. brokered peace agreement to end decades of conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, which, according to the plan signed in Ethiopia on 24 February, was postponed.
African leaders failed to sign the Treaty in the past month due to concerns of some countries with regard to who will lead the force, which will be deployed in Congo's eastern regions and deal with armed groups in conflict-prone areas.
It would be intervention Brigade of the UN peacekeeping force in Drc, known as MONUSCO.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending the invitation Friday to the treaty signings Friday February 24, will visit Ethiopia and intends to attend the show, said the spokesman, Martin Nesirky interlocutor. "All the Presidents who were invited had promised would attend or send representatives at that event," said Nesirky.
The representative of Rwanda to the United Nations Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe sent a message on Twitter that "the African Union, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, the leaders of the South Africa development community, as well as 10 heads of State of the region will be present in the signing ceremony."
The messengers told us that one of the main reasons that agreement could not be signed by the three countries in January is a regional development community bloc, South Africa-South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique-felt they did not have enough information about the executing brigade.
The brigade formation was executing in the UN peacekeeping mission is new to the UNITED NATIONS, said the officials at the world body. The Mission of executing the peace was permitted to use deadly weapons in a combat situation is serious, while the operation was aimed at supporting peace and pmeliharaan to monitor the ceasefire, said diplomats and UN officials.
A new Security Council resolution was needed to approve the Union's intervention is likely to be supported by a Council composed of 15 countries, the delegates said.
The head of the UN peacekeeping force Herve Ladsous reiterated that the brigade will fight under Ensign MONUSCO, which meant that troops were under the command of the same as regular troops, MONUSCO, which will conduct patrols and supported the Congolese security forces.
But diplomats said South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique, who are likely candidates for mmasok thousands of soldiers for the brigade.
The rebels seized the area east of the M23 begins a vast mineral-rich early last year, accusing the Government of not honoring the peace agreement by 2009.
The peace agreement ended the insurgency and set the integration of rebels into the national army. They then came out of the military and the rebels.
Congolese troops failed to quell the insurgency, 10 months of dragging back the M23 East Congo into wars, UN experts said. M23 rebel cross-border support from Rwanda and Uganda. Uganda and Rwanda denied allegations it was hard.
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Illustration. Rebel forces withdrawal forces M23 runs near the town of Sake, about 35 miles west of Goma. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
