UN Security Council
2019

integrated regional approach and strong political engagement by the governments of DRC and the region to further seize on the positive regional momentum, in close coordination with MONUSCO and the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, underscores that there can be no purely military solutions to these problems, calls upon the Government of the DRC to appoint a senior coordinator to address Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) and to establish a strategy for DDR focused on returning ex-combatants to peaceful civilian life, including a focus on the specific needs of female and male ex-combatants, welcomes the renewed commitments of the DRC and its neighbours to work together to tackle insecurity in Eastern DRC and to promote long lasting regional development, bearing in mind the need to address the root causes of conflict, including the illicit explo itation and trafficking of natural resources and put an end to recurring cycles of violence, as outlined in the PSC Framework, reaffirms that the PSC Framework remains an essential mechanism to achieve durable peace and stability in the DRC and the Region