Abstract: The beginning of the conflict in the DRC on August 2, 1998 triggered a flurry of diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving it. Regional leaders led by Robert Mugabe met in Victoria Falls on August 8 to seek a peaceful resolution. Invited to the Zimbabwean tourist resort were President Sam Nujoma of Namibia, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Frederick Chiluba of Zambia, Pasteur Bizimungu of Rwanda, Benjamin Mpaka of Tanzania, and Laurent-Desiré Kabila of the DRC. There had been some doubts about whether or not Museveni would attend.1 Mugabe was asked to host the summit by the leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the recently completed Southern African International Dialogue Summit held in Windhoek, Namibia.2 Ultimately, representatives of four nations Namibia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Zambia—attended, working out a plan for immediate action.3 In the week following the summit, ministers from these countries comprising the so-called Mediation and Verification Committee began shuttling between Uganda, Rwanda, and the DRC, investigating Kinshasa's allegations that Kigali and Kampala were behind the Congolese rebellion.4 On August 11, the UN and the OAU called for sanctions on countries involved in destabilizing the DRC and jointly dispatched a team to that country to assess the situation.5 KeywordsSecurity CouncilForeign MinisterSouthern African Development CommunityMinisterial MeetingPeace TalkThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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