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Human rights activists say UN policy must change in Democratic Republic of the Congo- By: Generalissimo of all Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Forces Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads) 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary- Rights activists have urged the UN to change its policy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a leaked report said the rebellion there was worsening. (BBC) The HRW or Human Rights Watch called for great actions toward fighting the global crime networks backing the Hutu Rebels. This leaked report by UN-mandated experts shows that there has been a rise in violence, despite the UN joining the Congolese Army in fighting the rebels. The SC or Security Council is debating these findings by the experts.Rights groups have long criticised the Congolese government and the UN over the offensive against the rebels, known as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). (BBC) The HRW, base here in the US has been one of the main critics, saying that the UN is risking complicity, murder, and rape.The group's Anneke Van Woudenberg told the BBC's Network Africa programme that the leaked report and her own research showed that current policies were unlikely to succeed. (BBC and Planet) There need to be a different approach to the FDLR. The report leaked shows the huge diaspora networks that assist in money-laundering, in arms-trafficking, in the extraction of minerals and in the sale of those minerals. (BBC and Planet) Until you cut off that side of it, I don't think these operations are going to have any success." The UN has actively supported the operation in the hope that it could bring stability to the region. (BBC and Planet) This leaked report showed bleak results in the handling of the FDLR. United Nations have defended their operation role known as Monec. A spokesman says that this operation has succeeded in other parts of the DR Congo like the Ituri province, which is rich in minerals and its conflict over them that ended in 2003. He says that thanks to Monec, the province (Ituri) is at peace. The report does not criticise Monuc - but suggests there may be a contradiction in its mission to both protect civilians and back a military campaign widely accused of atrocities. (BBC) The report also shows that the FDLR, some of their own leaders were involved in the '94 Rwandan Genocide, used many international networks to bolster their supplies and troops. And the reports says the Rwandan rebels are also supported by senior members of the Congolese military - the very people who are supposed to be fighting them. The Security Council has voted twice to continue the mission with opposition from the HRW and other rights groups. They face a decision to either continue the operation or to scrap the operation. Analysts will be watching the UN to see how they deal with the situation at hand. Here are the countries funding the rebels: ALLEGATIONS IN REPORT BY UN EXPERTS **Tanzania** Supplying arms to FDLR; high-level contact between the rebels, Tanzanian government and military **Burundi** High-level contact between government and FDLR **Burundi and Uganda** Conduits for FDLR to traffic gold to the United Arab Emirates **Rwanda** Cassiterite smuggling centre; former CNDP rebels in contact with Kigali businessmen **Sudan and North Korea** Irregular deliveries of arms to DR Congo **FDLR abroad** Links between leaders in Europe, North America and commanders on the ground; money-laundering in South Kivu's illegal minerals export trade

Sources- BBC News- [] Congo Planet- [] Similar- Everthing is the same for both articles. Difference- There were litterally no differences except for the fact the pictures were different. Opinion- I think if it were to change, it would on the places in the policy that are not working. For the places that are working, improve it to make it better. Now if the senior members of the Congo Army support the rebels, they are betrayers to their own army, or in other words like Benedict Arnold of the American Revolution when he switched to the British side after abandoning the American Patriots. TRAITORS! P.S: If this is the same article under a different website, what a waste...