Police in Congo. File photoUN, 28 Jul. The UN Security Council condemned the attack on UN mission personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and called on the authorities to promptly investigate the crime, a Security Council press statement said.» Security Council members strongly condemned the recent attacks on United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in North Kivu province, which resulted in the death of three peacekeepers,» the statement said. The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms all attacks and provocations against MONUSCO. They stressed that deliberate attacks on peacekeepers could be considered war crimes under international law. «They called on the Congolese authorities to promptly investigate these attacks and bring those responsible to justice,» the statement said. at least 14,000 peacekeepers. In mid-July, the head of the DRC Senate, Modest Baiti, during a visit to Goma (the administrative center of the eastern province of North Kivu) called on UN staff to «pack up their luggage», accusing the mission of ineffective activity for more than 20 years. On Monday, mass anti-UN demonstrations began in the cities of the region. On Monday, protesters looted the MONUSCO headquarters in Goma, and its personnel were evacuated by helicopter. In the city of Butembo, according to the authorities, three UN employees and seven demonstrators were killed.
