Uganda, DRC to Disarm
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New Vision (Kampala)
August 4, 2004
Posted to the web August 4, 2004
John Odyek and Milton Olupot
Kampala
DEFENCE minister Amama Mbabazi has said Uganda, Rwanda and the DR Congo have agreed to
disarm all groups in the Great Lakes region using outside forces.
Mbabazi told Parliament on Thursday that the agreement was reached during a trilateral
meeting in Washington DC, organised by the US government last week.
He said the mandate of MONUC (a UN peace keeping mission in DR Congo) was peace
enforcement.
Mbabazi said the US agreed to promote trilateral relations among the three countries.
He said the countries agreed to enhance peace and reaffirmed their commitment to the
joint proliferation mechanism on peace agreed on in Abuja, Nigeria and Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia during the African Union meeting.
"The People's Redemption Army and the Allied Democratic Forces in Congo will be
disarmed," he said.
Mbabazi said they had resolved to request for the extension of the mandate of MONUC
from the mandate of Chapter Six which was peace-keeping to Chapter Seven of peace
enforcement.
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He said they agreed to promote peace along the borders of countries in the region,
encourage the return of refugees, support the transitional government of the DR Congo
and move forward with political and diplomatic negotiations.
Mbabazi said the relations between Uganda and Rwanda had improved.
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