On
DRC, Rwanda
Says UN Report
Scapegoats It
for MONUSCO
Failure
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 22 –
After the UN
Security
Council met
about the
Democratic
Republic of
Congo on
Friday,
Rwanda's
Olivier
Nduhungirehe
spoke to Inner
City Press. He
said the
report tried
to “scapegoat”
Rwanda for the
failures of
the UN
Peacekeeping
mission
MONUSCO to
defend Goma.
They
couldn't stop
the M23, so
they say the
M23 had
outside
support, he
said. Where is
the evidence?
“The
way they took
Goma suggests
outside
support. That
is a baseless
accusation.
You are
defeated so
you say the
other guy has
outside
support,”
Nduhungirehe
told Inner
City Press.
He
said Permanent
Representative
Gasana told
other Council
members, “we
cannot be the
scapegoat of
all the
failures in
the DRC,
including the
failure of
MONUSCO to
protect the
city of Goma.
They have to
do their
job.”
Speaking
of
the signing
scheduled for
Addis Ababa on
February 24 --
“eleven
plus one
countries and
four
guarantors” --
he said it
will have to
be
implemented.
“It is not the
first
agreement
signed about
the
DRC,” he
reminded.
Inner
City Press
asked if UN
envoy Roger
Meece, who did
not speak at
the
stakeout (and
does not
follow Ban
Ki-moon's
urging to more
public
financial
disclosure)
had provided
any evidence
beyond the
February
15 report. No,
Nduhungirehe
said.
Another
Rwandan
diplomat told
Inner City
Press his
country had
emphasized
that the
peacekeeping
force must be
“impartial.”
We'll see -
watch this
site.
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