UN Security Council
2007

humanitarian law, Expressing its grave concern at the continued presence of foreign and Congolese armed groups and militias in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FLDR), ex-FAR/Interahamwe and the dissident militia of Laurent Nkunda, which has resulted in a serious security and humanitarian crisis particularly in North Kivu, Expressing in particular its deep concern at the humanitarian consequences of the recent fighting between the dissident militia of Laurent Nkunda and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), and recalling that a comprehensive approach is needed to tackle the crisis in the Kivus including efforts to address the presence of all armed groups and militias, to end impunity and to promote reconciliation, social cohesion, recovery and development in the region, Commending MONUC and the Congolese authorities for the substantial progress towards carrying out the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of 07-65572 (E) *0765572* S/RES/1794 (2007) combatants in the district of Ituri, which helped to stabilize security conditions in that part of the country,