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European soldiers will not relieve suffering of civilian population That the Congo operation of the German army will not stop the mass dying in the Congo or solve the long-term problems of this country was the warning given today by the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV). „It is indeed an important symbolic gesture emphasising Europe’s interest in a stabilisation of the Congo, but the EU does not have any overall concept for pressing forward human rights, peace and democracy”, said the GfbV correspondent, Ulrich Delius. Dramatic new figures on the death of 100,000 people and the expulsion of 365,000 children, women and men since the middle of February 2006 make it clear that the EU must do more for the humanitarian care and the encouragement of constitutional structures in the Congo. „It is scandalous that to date only 13% of the means required by the United Nations for the humanitarian provision of the civilian population has been supplied by the international community”, said Delius. Germany also must increase considerably its humanitarian aid for the relief of the people in the Congo. The German government has only supported the United Nations appeal for aid for the Congo, which was published in February 2006, with a very small contribution of 682 million US dollars. In the year 2005 also Germany made a contribution of 6.3 million US dollars for humanitarian relief in the Congo, which in relation to its economic power was much too small. In the light of the continuing serious breaches of human rights by the militia and the regular Congolese army in the east of the Congo the European Union must do more to encourage the development of an independent system of justice. So it is important that more judges be financed to go into the outposts of the Supreme Court in the provinces. They should also have adequate financing in order to be able to cope with disputes during the election campaign. Nothing other than an independent body of justice can prevent the rights of voters in the provinces being disregarded outrageously and with impunity and election fraud. The purpose of ending the serious violations of human rights and stabilising the Congo is better served by strengthening an independent system of justice before the elections than sending EU troops.
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