Congo-Kinshasa: UN Welcomes Withdrawal of M23 Armed Group From Goma, Calls for Stability to Be Maintained

2 December 2012

The United Nations has welcomed the withdrawal of the 23 March Movement (M23) armed group from Goma, a provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while also calling for stability be maintained in order to allow for humanitarian aid to reach those in need.

"We welcome this withdrawal, but emphasise that this is an early step and that stability in the region remains very fragile," the spokesperson for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), Kieran Dwyer, told the UN News Centre today.

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