<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Pacôme Tomètissi</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:tometissi@gmail.com">tometissi@gmail.com</a>></span><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:13pt" lang="EN-US">Peace and Social
Justice for the DR Congo, now!<span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:13pt" lang="EN-US">People's Health
Movement West & Central Africa (PHM WCA) Position Paper on the situation in
DR Congo.<span></span></span></i></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">Key Messages:</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></i></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">Þ<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">By reducing the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo to epidemics
of virus diseases, the international community and the mainstream
media supported by the ‘Coronavirus wave’, </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">are not helping to
put up for discussion </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">the historical humanitarian
challenge of the country and the diversity of the evils that undermine it such
as, for example, the food insecurity that is
affecting around 20 million people in 2021.<span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">Þ<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   
</span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">Rather than a plan for
permanent humanitarian aid, it is a global thrust for social justice
in the country that PHM WCA calls for. This implies a
mobilization, not only of the United Nations but also and above
all, of the African Union and the European Union.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">





</p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">Þ<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB">Tackling the deep-rooted causes of the humanitarian crisis and working
towards a holistic approach to resolving the crisis seems essential to achieve
this.<span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13pt" lang="EN-US">. You can download the full Position Paper at <a href="http://www.phmwcafrica.wordpress.com" target="_blank">www.phmwcafrica.wordpress.com</a> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">also in French</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="FR"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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