HC Deb 15 July 2002 vol 389 cc1-2W
Mr. Joyce

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the humanitarian impact of fighting between the RCD and dissident Banyamulenge forces on the Minembwe plateau in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. [68446]

Mr. MacShane

The heavy fighting and resulting insecurity in the Haut Plateaux area has made it difficult to find reliable reports about the humanitarian situation there. However, the few reports we have received indicate that there has been some displacement of the local population, leading to fear of further humanitarian

problems. We have raised our concerns about the situation with the Government of Rwanda, the United Nations Mission to the DRC and at the security Council.