UN Welcomes ‘New Dynamics’ in DRC

An endeavour that started with some in doubt, hoping at the back of their minds it would soon flounder, is now receiving accolades from the highest quarters - the United Nations. At a press conference given last week in NewYork, by John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, he cited reasons for optimism, over the developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Holmes said this following his tour of the DRC. He had a first hand feel of the situation on the ground that left him optimistic on the success of the Joint DRC-Rwanda operation to rout out the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). It is the second time the operation has received a nod from the UN, the first having been from the Envoy to the United Nations Secretary General former Niregian President Olusegun Obasanjo.