27
Feb
2024
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The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, let us not tell a story. The looting of the DRC’s natural resources probably represents ten times the international and humanitarian aid to this torn country. Let’s not tell ourselves a story: no terrorist group, no armed group, can survive for long if a state does not provide it with supplies, training places and places to rearm. It is easy to denounce those responsible, but very clearly, multinationals and Western companies that buy at low prices, without taking any account of the working conditions and the inhuman conditions of capture of natural resources in Congo, must be deprived of their source of food. As we know, some of Congo's neighbouring countries that do not have these resources on their territory are among the world's leading exporters. Let's make no mistake about the target! Western multinationals plundering Congo must be primarily responsible for a situation they maintain.