EMM News Explorer: Alan Doss

[ said]: The international community has played an important role during and throughout this whole process, but this has only been made possible, thanks to the commitment of the Congolese authorities and people,

globalsecurity 25-JUN-10

[ said]: Our biggest concerns now are the operations against the LRA,

reliefWeb 17-JUN-10

[ said]: Violence against civilians is increasingly perpetrated by criminal elements in North and South Kivu [provinces], which points to the need for an enhanced police presence to secure public order,

globalsecurity 14-APR-10

[ said]: but the safety of civilians under threat from militias and criminals remains a priority, Xinhua informs. 'Violence against civilians is increasingly perpetrated by criminal elements in North and South Kivu (provinces), which points to the need for an enhanced police presence to secure public order,

focusnews 13-APR-10

[ said]: Caring for the Earth we all share is not just the job of governments,

un 30-MAR-10

[ said]: We have to look at this as a problem dealing with small groups that move around a great deal,

focusnews 29-MAR-10

[-said]: The area is the size of Spain,

cnn 28-MAR-10

[-said]: The area is remote, there's no intelligence or communications, we had to cross check,

cnn 28-MAR-10

[-said]: We have set up a joint procedure with FARDC; we will follow this procedure and I believe this is the best way to act. We have established a mechanism for the joint planning of operations. The last operations were launched under the procedure agreed by FARDC and MONUC,

reliefWeb 05-MAR-10

[ said]: We provide logistical support, rations for a limited period for these specific operations and it is delivered to the units that we've agreed to work with directly,

reliefWeb 03-MAR-10

[-added]: important for the Congolese and the international community to stay on course to put an end to the threats that they represent

MailGuardian 16-FEB-10

[ noted]: Ideally our entry strategy would define our exit strategy and set out the benchmarks to guide that process,

globalsecurity 14-FEB-10

[ said]: We've made it clear that we will not have anything to do with him and we haven't,

MailGuardian 06-FEB-10

[-added]: But it's given the context where we found ourselves. We need to remember the [UN] security council had been pressing the government to deal with the CNDP rebellion and also deal with the FDLR.

guardian 05-FEB-10

[ said]: Yes, elements of the Congolese army, in particular some of the newly integrated elements, have been involved in atrocities,

guardian 05-FEB-10

[added:]: Any operation is going to have, unfortunately, an impact on the civilian population. The issue is what are we trying to do here.

guardian 05-FEB-10

[-warned]: The FDLR remains a potent threat and they will seek to return to their former strongholds and punish the population for collaboration with governmental forces,

bignewsnetwork 03-JAN-10

[-said]: We deplore (this) but we should recognize that the (Congolese army) has dislodged the FDLR from its former strongholds and has not wavered in its determination to deal with the FDLR,

reliefWeb 17-DEC-09

[-said]: The FARDC and MONUC will now concentrate on holding ground recovered from the FDLR and preventing attacks on civilians in areas of vulnerability, while undertaking focused interventions against any centres of command and control where the FDLR may have regrouped,

newtimes 17-DEC-09

[-said]: You won't end impunity while you have armed groups that defy the authority of the state and elements in the FARDC that are als oill-disciplined and committing these actions,

xinhuanet_en 17-DEC-09

[-said]: What were engaged in is trying to push forward a process that will finally help to end the almost eternal cycle of violence,

xinhuanet_en 17-DEC-09

[-said]: Our aim was essentially to move them out of population stronghold that they've dominated for 15 years,

xinhuanet_en 17-DEC-09

[-acknowledged that]: Protection of civilians has to be at the core of these operations.

newtimes 17-DEC-09

[-said]: We've insisted, for example, on dealing with expatriate leaders of the FDLR -- we've been insisting on dealing with the issue of the illegal exploitation of minerals,

xinhuanet_en 17-DEC-09

[-told]: Today, the force commander, General (Babacar) Gaye went to Gemena,

earthtimes 10-DEC-09

[-said]: I think it's very important that we don't let the situation deteriorate,

earthtimes 10-DEC-09

[-added that]: We're reinforcing our presence there to discourage any mischief.

earthtimes 10-DEC-09

[ added]: I would urge other nations where FDLR leaders are sheltering, to follow Germany’s example,

newtimes 21-NOV-09

[ added]: I would urge other nations where FDLR leaders are sheltering, to follow Germany's example,

allafrica 21-NOV-09

[-said]: By extension, any Monuc support for the FARDC [Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo] is criticised as condoning such abuse,

MailGuardian 12-NOV-09

[-pointed out that]: And yet I believe that the women and the children of eastern DRC would probably suffer more should we give up and walk away from the FARDC.

MailGuardian 12-NOV-09

[-pointed out that]: And yet I believe that the women and the children of eastern Congo would probably suffer more should we give up and walk away from the FARDC.

guardian 11-NOV-09

[-said]: We all agree that this has to be emphasized but also strengthened - we need to see more direct action and we've made some suggestions as to how that could be done through the security council.

allafrica 04-NOV-09

[-said]: The non-military initiatives are essentially two-fold, one of course is on the expatriate leaders who are based in Europe and elsewhere - to cut them from the commanders on the ground,

allafrica 04-NOV-09

[-said]: The non-military initiatives are essentially two-fold, one of course is on the expatriate leaders who are based in Europe and elsewhere – to cut them from the commanders on the ground,

newtimes 03-NOV-09

[-said]: We all agree that this has to be emphasized but also strengthened – we need to see more direct action and we’ve made some suggestions as to how that could be done through the security council.

newtimes 03-NOV-09

[-says]: That was extremely important, because she put it on the world map. She said this is not acceptable. And it's a problem, again, not only for the Congo, not only for Africa,

NPRnews 21-OCT-09

[-agreed]: It would strengthen the ties between the leadership abroad and the combatants on the ground, thus annihilating years of efforts of sensitisation aimed at weakening these links.

news24 17-OCT-09

[-said]: A year on, there is now a real prospect that the conflicts that have long blighted the eastern Congo can be ended,

news24 17-OCT-09

[-said]: We believe... that reducing the pressure now would give the FDLR time to regroup and rearm,

news24 17-OCT-09

[-told]: Reducing the pressure now would give the FDLR (Hutu rebels) time to regroup and rearm,

alertnet 16-OCT-09

[-said]: Suspension at this time would therefore undermine the FARDC's (Congolese army's) resolve and paradoxically further weaken discipline by removing the immediate pressure for reform created by Kimia II,

earthtimes 16-OCT-09

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