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Round-table organized by UNAC-Greater Montréal and the Chair Raoul-Dandurand at UQAM Tuesday, September 22, 2009 – at 7:00 p.m. at UQAM

« The Democratic Republic of the Congo: indifference or powerlessness of the International Community ? » For 10 year, the United Nations Organisation has been deploying the most important force of its history in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the MONUC. Following the terrible civil war which has devastated this country at the end of the 90's, the International Community has mobilized itself to try to reestablish peace. What is the result of those efforts? Can the Congo find back the road to development and durable peace ? Should the International Community do more ? To discuss those issues, panelists will be:

Serge Blais is currently responsible for Development and Peace program for the Congo. He has a profound knowledge of this country which he has been visiting for 25 years and where he has worked twice as an international cooperant. He is a specialist of the role of civil society in international development and peace building process and has been regularly consulted on these matters by the public authorities in Canada. Brigadier-General Gaston Côté, OMM, CD is retired from the Canadian Arm Forces. He has commanded le Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre. He knows well the Congo since he was the Director of Peacekeeping Policy, Department of National Defense and has since served in the Congo as Chief of Staff, Operations and Plans for the United Nations mission (MONUC).

Michel Duval is a former Deputy Permanent representative at Canada UN Mission in New-York. He has an intimate knowledge of peace keeping operations, He has been Director of International Security and Peace keeping at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and, from 1997 to 2002, he has chaired in New York, the working Group of the Panel on UN Peace Operations. The Round-table will be chaired by François Bugingo a journalist and analyst from Radio-Canada and RCI. He has a vast experience covering both international issues and conflicts and has reported on many conflicts in the past 15 years, notably on Rwanda, Algeria, Columbia, Irak, Afghanistan and the Congo. He is the founder of Reporter Without Borders Canada and is currently Vice-president of Reporters Without Borders International.

Tuesday, 22 September 2009 at 7:00 p.m. - Registration at 6:30 p.m. at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, salle des Boiseries, 2e étage, local J-2805 405, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, Montréal, Métro Berri-UQAM The round-table will be in French. Panelists will answer questions in both English and French. Free admission - registration required with the mention “Round Table of September 22, 2009 “

[email protected] tel. 514-987-6781 www.acnugrandmontreal.org

www.dandurand.uqam.ca

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