United Nations Security Council resolution 1399 was adopted unanimously on 19 March 2002. After recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, the Council condemned the capture of the town of

Moliro Moliro is a community in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo beside Lake Tanganyika on the border with Zambia. It is in Tanganyika province. The Congo Free State Enclave of Moliro was founded in 1902, with its own fort and detachment ...

and other activities by the rebel

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(RCD). The Security Council recalled that parties to the

Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement The Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement attempted to end the Second Congo War through a ceasefire, release of prisoners of war, and the deployment of an international peacekeeping force under the auspices of the United Nations. The heads of state of Angola ...

had respected the

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since January 2001, and that inter-Congolese dialogue was an essential element of the peace process. It condemned the resumption of fighting around Moliro and the capture of the town by the RCD-Goma as a major violation of the ceasefire. Moreover, the Council stressed that no party would be allowed to make military gains during the peace process. It demanded that the RCD immediately withdraw from Moliro and

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and for all other parties to withdraw to defensive positions called for in the Harare disengagement sub-plans. Recalling that

Kisangani Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville or Stanleystad) is the capital of Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the fifth most populous urban area in the country, with an estimated population of 1,312,000 in 2021, and the larg ...

also had to be demilitarised, the resolution reminded all parties to comply with the Ceasefire Agreement and called on

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to use its influence to ensure that the RCD implemented the current resolution. It welcomed the deployment of the

United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name , is a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was estab ...

(MONUC) in the two captured towns and asked for all parties to co-operate with it. Parties to the Ceasefire Agreement were urged to refrain from military action during the inter-Congolese dialogue, and the

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was urged to resume its participation in the dialogue. In response, the RCD said it welcomed the resolution and pledged to hand over the towns to MONUC control. The following day the Congolese government resumed its participation in the talks.

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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