{"id":15555,"date":"2016-02-23T21:41:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=15555"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:01:16","slug":"displaced-people-need-more-opportunities-ban-says-at-camp-in-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/02\/displaced-people-need-more-opportunities-ban-says-at-camp-in-dr-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Displaced people need more opportunities, Ban says at camp in DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United Nations Secretary-General<\/a> Ban Ki-moon reiterated his call for support from Member States to resolve such global humanitarian issues as the refugee and migrant crisis and ensuring human dignity for all, during a visit to a site hosting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to give hope to [\u2026] young people,\u201d said<\/a> Mr. Ban on the first stop of his two-day visit. \u201cParticularly, we have to do much more to bring all these children back to school; we have to do much more to protect human dignity and human rights of women and girls to save them, to protect them from sexual violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he plans to meet with President Joseph Kabila and other senior Congolese Government officials to discuss all these matters tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Today, he spoke with women in the IDP camp in Mungote, describing the experience as \u201cvery humbling.\u201d As Secretary-General, \u201cI will do my best efforts, working together with the United Nations Member States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

He said his visit to IDP camps, meeting so many people, particularly young people, reminded him of when he was six years old in Republic of Korea in 1950. \u201cWhen the Korean War broke out, it was a deadly horrible war. There were millions of people killed and tens of millions had been separated, displaced. I was one of them. I had to flee,\u201d he said, adding that the United Nations had been a \u201cbeacon of hope\u201d then and had rescued his country \u201cfrom the brink of collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now the United Nations are doing the same, despite a lack of resources, to protect the rights of 60 million IDPs and refugees around the world, the highest number since the end of the war.<\/p>\n

To that end, he will convene the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit<\/a> in Istanbul, Turkey, in May, as well as a summit on global migration and refugee issues in September. \u201cWe need support from the Member States as the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ cannot do it alone,\u201d he said. \u201cNo country can resolve all these issues alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to a question about authorities wanting to close some IDP camps in North Kivu, he said he told the Governor not to close them. The authorities seem to be lacking resources, but the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will work together with the local and central Governments. \u201cIt is important to provide life-saving assistance to those people who need daily humanitarian assistance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On a question on efforts to improve security in the areas of origin of IDPs, he said people should be protected from violence, particularly women and girls. But there are clearly limits for peacekeepers to do it all. That is why the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, known by the French acronym FARDC, and the national police are working very closely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe protection of civilians is the number one priority for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ peacekeepers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On 24 February, Mr. Ban will be in the DRC capital, Kinshasa, for the opening session of the Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference. He is also expected to meet with President Kabila, as well as several Government officials, and political and civil society representatives.<\/p>\n

On 25 February, the Secretary-General will leave Kinshasa for Juba, South Sudan, where he is expected to meet with President Salva Kiir and visit a Protection of Civilians\u2019 site that is run by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ mission there.<\/p>\n

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