The 1,400 people that die every day for RESOURCES -- directed by a bunch of hypocrite neo-lib war criminals responsible for and 10 million dead.
"UN moves to strengthen Congo force
A child made her way through a displaced persons camp in eastern Congo on Friday. Fighting has driven more than a quarter of a million civilians from their homes. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ Reuters)
UNITED NATIONS - The Security Council yesterday renewed the mandate of hard-pressed UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with terms diplomats said would help them fight rebels independently of Congo's army.
Pffft! They are impotent because they want to be!
The United Nations is trying to address fresh violence in eastern Congo, where the UN force, known as MONUC, has been criticized by some rights groups for failing to protect civilians from the warring parties. UN officials have countered that the 17,000-strong force is stretched thin in Congo, which is the size of Western Europe, and is limited by its mandate. The Security Council last month approved an extra 3,000 peacekeepers.
Yesterday's resolution extends MONUC's mandate until the end of 2009. Diplomats said the text beefed up last year's resolution by saying the force should work "in close cooperation with" Congo's government, rather than "support" the Congolese army, making the mandate more robust.
UN officials and rights groups have said Congo's army failed to resist an offensive launched in eastern Congo in August by Tutsi rebels led by General Laurent Nkunda, and that some soldiers committed atrocities against civilians.
More than a quarter of a million civilians have been driven from their homes since Nkunda's offensive began, with widespread reports of murder, rape, and looting. More than 5 million people have died since the beginning of a 1998-2003 war in the region.
I'm surprised to see the number in the paper at all.
Notice how the current suffering is downplayed as well?
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