While welcoming the deployment of ad hoc multinational forces to provide stability and a smooth entry for eventual peacekeeping missions in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo , we nevertheless concur with the Secretary-General that they raise important questions about the kind resources required to ensure the success of peacekeeping . In the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , we believe that an honest assessment of the situation would have revealed to the Security Council the need to mandate , from the beginning , the deployment of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUC ) under Chapter VII of the Charter , backed up with the necessary robust capabilities to ensure its credibility .