Peacebuilding in Congo

These Kujenga Amani articles provide insight into the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the challenge to peace, and the prospect of peace building in the country.

We need to solve this problem in order to understand why Congo's peacebuilding is so difficult to avoid reaching quick conclusions and encountering other traps. First of all, what is peacebuilding? Peace means that individuals and local communities can develop their own liberties freely and can manage their daily lives safely, or more simply without war, if they say more easily. The Democratic Republic of Congo has passed most of the past 20 years, so there is no complete war nor complete peace. I did not grasp the complexity of the situation

Careful study of ordinary suspects in international media suggests why peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is so difficult or impossible (more or less fixed interpretation 1) It often leads to. After a series of conflicts involving extreme activities of most forms, from a wide range of insulting acts ranging from 20 years to infinite fierce conflict, this is a clear and rational issue. As Swahili said, "Building peace is a big challenge."

The situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo depicts a fundamental discontinuity between peacekeeping operations and the UN peacebuilding activities. This supranational organization provides military assistance to protect civilians and supervise political elections, but that policy largely ignores the most basic reasons for the existence of these insurgent groups. Recognizing the economic needs of the community and not understanding the dynamics of conflict, the United Nations does not give the community the power to actually establish peace, but only the imminent threat of violence to maintain peace It will continue to improve. Violent conflicts will continue to afflict the global community of the Democratic Republic of Congo and other conflict areas around the world until such discontinuities are properly rectified.

Through the election of at least 2011, the United Nations and the Great Lakes Regional Envoy - two former African former presidents - to support a road map to clearly define their roles and responsibilities, to support international participation and peacebuilding It is necessary to maintain and adjust. Benchmark with each partner you reach to make sure the process can not be undone. For the first time, the UN Congo delegation (MONUC) can start withdrawing.