UN calls for peace in DR Congo

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Source: CCTV.com | 11-12-2008 09:09

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (CCTV.com)

He has also requested an additional three-thousand peacekeepers be sent to the region.

He says the country needs peace to help the 250-thousand persons displaced from their homes by fighting in rebel-held areas.

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, said, "I have requested on an urgent basis to the Security Council for additional resources and manpower. That's somewhere around, a little more than three-thousand soldiers. I hope the Security Council will consider this positively and favorably as soon as possible."

Editor:Zhang Pengfei