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Swiss President Alain Berset, whose country will preside over the UN Security Council in May this year, pledged recently in Kinshasa to work for the civilian population victims of the conflicts in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Swiss President Alain Berset, whose country will preside over the UN Security Council in May this year, pledged recently in Kinshasa to work for the civilian population victims of the conflicts in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Alain Berset visited the DRC recently. After visiting the capital city, he visited the East, which has been plagued by violence from armed groups for nearly 30 years. He will visit camps for displaced persons in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, where the M23 rebellion has displaced hundreds of thousands of people since the end of 2021. In Bukavu, in the neighboring province of South Kivu, he will meet with the renowned doctor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege.
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Having joined the United Nations only 20 years ago, Switzerland has been a non-permanent member of the Security Council since January and will assume the presidency for a month in May.
