Practice Relating to Rule 36. Demilitarized Zones
In the framework of the 2008 DRC Pledge of Commitment signed by a number of armed groups, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), taking note of the pledge of the contracting parties and upon their request, undertook in conformity with the pertinent recommendations of the Conference on Peace, Stability and Development in the Provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu to “create a demilitarized zone to allow the deployment of, in particular, MONUC [UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] observers, and to secure the return of displaced persons.”