Expert Group Makes Recommendations to Committee concerning Notification upon Delivery of Military Materials to Democratic Republic of Congo

On 18 December 2018, the Group of Experts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo transmitted its midterm report to the President of the Security Council (document S/2018/1133).  The report is currently available on the Committee’s website via the following link:  www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1533/work-and-mandate/expert-reports.

In this connection, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo wishes to draw attention to the following recommendation cited in the above report:

Paragraph 114 — “The Group recommends that the Sanctions Committee renew its call to Member States offering military assistance or delivering military related materiel to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to strictly adhere to the notification requirement.”