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To: Ilaine who wrote (91150)	4/8/2003 8:55:22 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

What is the UN for if things like this happen and nobody raises an outcry or trys to garner support for intervention? I thought that was the point of the UN? The UN is aware of the Congo situation (see appended quote; many more articles on linked page) but doesn't have the means to improve it (my interpretation): DR of Congo: UN mission deplores latest round of rebel violence un.org 31 March – The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has denounced as "incomprehensible and unjustifiable" a rebel group's provocative assault on and recapture of two small eastern towns from a rival faction within hours of signing an agreement on the country's future military structure. ...

To: Ilaine who wrote (91150)	4/8/2003 9:36:59 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

What is the UN for I nominate that for question of the year?