The UN Agency for Mine Action (UNMACC) conducted Friday, October 26 at the destruction of two hundred and forty-two weapons and light arms in Goma, North Kivu in DRC.
The ceremony was held at Camp MONUSCO disarmament in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Congo, Luba Alexander Ntambo.
According to the head of MONUSCO, Roger Meece, this was a breakthrough in the fight against insecurity in North Kivu.
According to the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN in the DRC, Roger Meece, the majority of these weapons were recovered from veterans Rwandan FDLR.
“It provides information on the success of joint efforts with the authorities of the FARDC, very long time, to encourage a large number of FDLR appear to be repatriated home and, at the same time, surrender their weapons to be destroyed,” he said.
For the UN Mission in the DRC, the destruction of weapons is a step towards the end of the threat posed by armed groups and others in the Eastern DRC.
“When we see the damage done by these weapons, I’m glad to see them destroyed,” said the UN official.
The section of Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reinsertion and Reintegration (DDRRR) MONUSCO repatriated two thousand five hundred and forty-one former Rwandan combatants.
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