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The Security Council today condemned the
renewed military incursions in eastern Chad of
Chadian armed groups, coming from outside
and demanded that rebel armed groups cease
the violence immediately.
In a statement read by President Vitaly Churkin
( Russian Federation), the Council stressed that
any attempt at destabilization of Chad by force
was unacceptable, and called on all parties to
re-engage in dialogue in the framework of the
Sirte agreement of 25 October 2007.
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On the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the
UN Mission there (MONUC) says it has helped
extract 23 children from the ranks of armed
groups in North Kivu in recent weeks. At least
four of these children were most recently
associated with the Government Army, whose
ranks they joined as members of the CNDP, the
National Congress for the Defence of the
People. The Mission explains that the
children landed in Government ranks as a
result of an accelerated integration process
that brought a majority of CNDP fighters into
the Congolese Army following a peace deal
between the Government and the CNDP.
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The Mission in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (MONUC) reports that Rwandan rebels
are now surrendering at a rate of 146 fighters a
month. That’s four times last year’s average of
37 fighters a
month. >>>more
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The German government has agreed to
finance the construction of the new building
for the Peace and Security Department of the
African Union (AU) estimated to cost about 20
Million Euro. The new building will be
centrally located on the grounds of the AU in
Addis Ababa, adjacent to the AU’s new
Conference Center. In an open and transparent
architectural competition in Berlin, 17
architects were invited to design the new
building. The architectural designs for the new
building will now be exhibited at the Africa
Union Commission (AUC) Headquarters, in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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The modern and representative Peace and
Security Building will be environmentally
friendly and energy efficient. It will comprise
approximately 11.500 m² gross floor area (GFA)
and offer approximately 370 new jobs. GTZ
was commissioned by the German Federal
Foreign Office for the development and
execution of the AU Peace and Security
project.
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