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UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000660 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: DRC PREL UNSC ETTC
SUBJECT: UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS 
RESOLUTION 1771, RENEWING SANCTIONS REGIME FOR SIX MONTHS 
 
REF: STATE 112021 
 
¶1. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 
1771 on August 10, renewing the sanctions regime in the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for six months.  The 
sanctions consist of an arms embargo on non-governmental 
armed groups, and an international travel ban and assets 
freeze on individuals violating the arms embargo, recruiting 
child soldiers, or impeding disarmament.  Resolution 1771 
modifies the sanctions imposed under resolution 1596 (2005) 
by permitting DRC troops in the process of their integration 
in North and South Kivu and the Ituri District to receive 
training and assistance. 
 
¶2.  Begin resolution text: 
 
The Security Council, 
 
Recalling its previous resolutions, in particular resolution 
1756 (2007), and the statements by its President concerning 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular on 23 
July 2007, 
 
Reaffirming its commitment to respect the sovereignty, 
territorial integrity and political independence of the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as all States in the 
region, 
 
Welcoming the establishment in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo of democratically elected institutions, and reaffirming 
the sovereign authority of the elected government to 
establish effective security and control throughout the 
national territory 
 
Taking note with satisfaction of the adoption of the 
programme of the Government, in particular the governance 
contract included therein, 
 
Taking note of the final report (S/2007/423) of the Group of 
Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo established 
pursuant to resolution 1698 (2006), 
Condemning the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and 
into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and declaring its 
determination to continue close monitoring of the 
implementation of the arms embargo imposed by resolution 1493 
(2003) and expanded by resolution 1596 (2005), and to enforce 
the measures provided for in resolution 1596 against persons 
and entities acting in violation of this embargo, as amended 
and expanded by resolutions 1649 (2005) and resolution 1698 
(2006), and recognizing the linkage between the illegal 
exploitation of natural resources, illicit trade in such 
resources and the proliferation and trafficking of arms as 
one of the factors fuelling and exacerbating conflicts in the 
Great Lakes region of Africa 
 
Recalling its resolution 1612 (2005) and its previous 
resolutions on children and armed conflict, and once again 
strongly condemning the continued recruitment and use of 
children in violation of applicable international law, in the 
hostilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
 
Reiterating its serious concern regarding the presence of 
armed groups and militias in the Eastern part of the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the 
provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district, 
which perpetuate a climate of insecurity in the whole region, 
 
Taking note of the report of the Security Council mission 
which visited Kinshasa on 20 June 2007 (S/2007/421), 
Recalling the importance of urgently carrying out security 
sector reform and of disarming, demobilizing resettling or 
repatriating, as appropriate, and reintegrating Congolese and 
foreign armed groups for the long-term stabilization of the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
 
Noting that the situation in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo continues to constitute a threat to international peace 
and security in the region, 
 
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, 
 
¶1. Decides to renew until 15 February 2008 the measures on 
arms imposed by paragraph 20 of resolution 1493 (2003) as 
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amended and expanded by paragraph 1 of resolution 1596 (2005); 
 
¶2. Reaffirms paragraph 21 of resolution 1493 and paragraph 2 
of resolution 1596, and recalls in particular that the 
measures referred to in paragraph 1 above shall not apply to 
supplies of arms and related materiel or technical training 
and assistance intended solely for support of or use by units 
of the army and police of the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, provided that the said units: 
 
a) have completed the process of their integration, or 
 
b) operate under the command, respectively, of the tat-major 
intgr of the Armed Forces or of the National Police of the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, or 
 
c) are in the process of their integration, in the territory 
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo outside the provinces 
of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district; 
 
¶3. Decides further that the measures referred to in paragraph 
1 above shall not apply to technical training and assistance 
agreed to by the Government and intended solely for support 
of units of the army and police of the Democratic Republic of 
the Congo that are in the process of their integration in the 
provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district; 
 
¶4. Decides that the conditions specified in paragraph 4 of 
resolution 1596, as now applied to the Government, shall 
apply to supplies of arms and related materiel as well as 
technical training and assistance which are consistent with 
such exemptions noted in paragraph 2 and 3 above and notes in 
this regard that States have an obligation to notify such 
supplies in advance to the Committee referred to in paragraph 
7; 
 
¶5. Decides to renew, for the period specified in paragraph 1 
above, the measures on transport imposed by paragraphs 6, 7 
and 10 of resolution 1596; 
 
¶6. Decides to renew, for the period specified in paragraph 1 
above the financial and travel measures imposed by paragraphs 
13 and 15 of resolution 1596, paragraph 2 of resolution 1649 
(2005), and paragraph 13 of resolution 1698; and reaffirms 
the provisions of paragraph 14 and 16 of resolution 1596, and 
paragraph 3 of resolution 1698; 
 
¶7. Recalls the mandate of the Committee established pursuant 
to paragraph 8 of resolution 1533, as expanded pursuant to 
paragraph 18 of resolution 1596, paragraph 4 of resolution 
1649 and paragraph 14 of resolution 1698; 
 
¶8. Calls upon all States, in particular those of the region, 
to support the implementation of the arms embargo and to 
cooperate fully with the Committee in carrying out its 
mandate; 
 
¶9. Requests the Secretary-General to reestablish for a period 
expiring on 15 February 2008 the Group of Experts established 
pursuant to paragraph 10 of resolution 1533 and expanded 
pursuant to paragraph 21 of resolution 1596; 
 
¶10. Requests the Group of Experts to fulfil its mandate as 
defined in paragraph 5 and 17 of resolution 1698, to update 
the Committee on its work as appropriate, and to report to 
the Council in writing, through the Committee, by 15 January 
2008; 
 
¶11. Requests MONUC, within its existing capabilities and 
without prejudice to the performance of its current mandate, 
and the Group of Experts referred to in paragraph 9 above to 
continue to focus their monitoring activities in North and 
South Kivu and in Ituri; 
 
¶12. Reaffirms its demand, expressed in paragraph 19 of 
resolution 1596, that all parties and all States cooperate 
fully with the work of the Group of Experts, and that they 
ensure: 
- the safety of its members, 
- unhindered and immediate access, in particular to persons, 
documents and sites the Group of Experts deems relevant to 
the execution of its mandate; 
 
 
¶13. Further demands that all parties and all States ensure 
the cooperation with the Group of Experts of individuals and 
entities within their jurisdiction or under their control, 
and calls on all States in the region to implement fully 
their obligations under paragraph 11 above; 
 
¶14. Decides that, no later than 15 February 2008, it shall 
review the measures set forth in paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 above, 
with a view to adjusting them, as appropriate, in the light 
of consolidation of the security situation in the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, in particular progress in security 
sector reform including the integration of the Armed forces 
and the reform of the National Police, and in disarming, 
demobilizing, resettling or repatriating, as appropriate and 
reintegrating Congolese and foreign armed groups; 
 
¶15. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. 
 
End resolution text. 
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