HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPLAUDS SECURITY COUNCIL DECISION TO DEPLOY FORCES IN ITURI, DRC

30.05.03

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello today issued the following statement:
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights applauds the unanimous decision by the Security Council to authorize the deployment of an international emergency force in the Ituri district of North-Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. "This is the Security Council at its best", he said. "And the demonstration that the Secretary General and the Security Council can act swiftly, hand in hand, to protect the lives of the civilian population in conflict areas, a paramount human rights and humanitarian concern."




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