The longer a situation like this lasts, the more difficult it is to change it anymore,

The commanders are united in their desire to continue the talks in order to reach a peace agreement by the end of this year,

All we did was picking up the pieces and muddling through, doing too little too late.

This is a good text. It is a balanced text. It is my conviction that it is possible to reach a full agreement.

I am as positive on north-south as I used to be, but I do not want to conceal that there are risks, ... LRA is bigger than we thought and it's important to say so.

I don't see a voluntary return of more than 1 million displaced people to their villages to start in the next three weeks because of lack of security.

If even weak sanctions are not going to be implemented, the Security Council doesn't take itself seriously and they have to. They have to because otherwise the people on the ground are just laughing.

I know how difficult it is nowadays, but this is essential because we have to meet the expectations beyond peace,

Armed robbery and hijacking have endangered humanitarian workers assisting over 450,000 vulnerable people living in the area. Moreover, credible information points to the use of hijacked vehicles for military purposes by these armed groups. This is unacceptable and contrary to international humanitarian law.

They are there because the western world in the security council asked them to go there. And we let them do the job with bound hands.... if you do not give them the resources. The African countries do not have the equipment that is necessary to intervene and to control such a battle... so if you ask the African soldiers to do the dirty work, give them the tools.