Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 February 2009. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 2009 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Democratic Republic of Congo: Peacekeeping Operations

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to help strengthen the MONUC force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Answer: We fully support UN efforts to strengthen its peacekeeping Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). The UK was a co-sponsor of UN Security Council Resolution 1843, which allowed MONUC's strength to be increased by over 3000.Since the adoption of that Resolution, we have lobbied potential troop contributing countries and led calls for the reinforcement to take place as soon as possible. The UK has identified ways in which it could lend support to MONUC, including through secondment of a small number of appropriately skilled individuals to fill key vacant posts on the MONUC staff, including the post of Deputy Force Commander.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 488 c1235W; 257352
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Democratic Republic of Congo: Peacekeeping Operations
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Peacekeeping operations Democratic Republic of the Congo
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