DRC Pledging Conference: Statement from Belgium
(WorldNews Belgium)

DRC Pledging Conference, April 13th 2018, Geneva Statement from Belgium, Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister Introduction Let me start by expressing a word of thanks to OCHA, the EU and the Netherlands for having convened this event. This very first donor conference for the Democratic Republic of the Congo comes at a time when the country is struggling with one of the world`s most complicated humanitarian crises. The ongoing violence and insecurity in several provinces of the DRC is leading to the most rapidly growing displacement crisis in the world. The country now counts a staggering 4.5 million internally displaced persons, the highest number of IDPs in a single African country, the...