UN General Assembly
2008

up its efforts to help stabilize the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly by supporting the Government of that country in its fight against rebel movements and other negative forces. In that context, the entry into force in June of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region will usher in a new climate of confidence in that nerve centre of our continent. My Government is committed to fully playing its role in that process, which will greatly contribute to stabilizing to the situation. With regard to the crisis between Chad and the Sudan, we encourage those two countries to pursue every effort to normalize their relations and consolidate peace in the region. In that regard, we welcome the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries — an initiative that must be consolidated through the establishment of military monitoring units along the common border. Those units need to be adequately equipped, in implementation of the Dakar Agreement signed in March 2008. As African Union co-mediator with Libya in that