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🇨🇩 ICRC chief urges warring parties in the eastern DRC to exercise constraint
A sharp increase in the number of civilians wounded by heavy weapons in eastern DR Congo is threatening to overwhelm health facilities already struggling to provide care, the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
On a five-day visit to the country, Robert Mardini said the upsurge in fighting between the army and M23 militants in the North Kivu province was further worsening one of the world’s largest and most complex humanitarian crises.
Speaking at the Lushangala camp for internally displaced people in Goma, he said civilians were in the firing line and urged constraint.
"I call on all parties to the conflict and their allies to respect the rules of war, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention. This is not an option, but rather an obligation, which is binding on all parties to the conflict,” he said.
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A sharp increase in the number of civilians wounded by heavy weapons in eastern DR Congo is threatening to overwhelm health facilities already struggling to provide care, the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
On a five-day visit to the country, Robert Mardini said the upsurge in fighting between the army and M23 militants in the North Kivu province was further worsening one of the world’s largest and most complex humanitarian crises.
Speaking at the Lushangala camp for internally displaced people in Goma, he said civilians were in the firing line and urged constraint.
"I call on all parties to the conflict and their allies to respect the rules of war, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention. This is not an option, but rather an obligation, which is binding on all parties to the conflict,” he said.
#DRC
@africaintel