tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post1998574607713876601..comments2024-02-24T06:10:42.255-08:00Comments on Congo Siasa: Interview with UN Group of ExpertsJason Stearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11454449854081540397noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-10095382388780038052012-10-25T00:29:04.238-07:002012-10-25T00:29:04.238-07:00Thanks a lot for great sharing!!
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Your friend Kabila is involved in a gol...Hi Jason, <br />Your friend Kabila is involved in a gold scam with with the wanted warlord Bosco Ntaganda<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/05/us-adviser-linked-illegal-drc-goldTutefousdenousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-74301637742924589572012-02-08T10:18:56.923-08:002012-02-08T10:18:56.923-08:00@David - I will try to post an answer here soon. I...@David - I will try to post an answer here soon. In the meantime, I think the Group would like to get in touch with you personally - is there an email they can use? Feel free to DM me your email on Twitter, I seem to have lost it.Jason Stearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454449854081540397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-3555998648913519972012-02-08T09:04:24.857-08:002012-02-08T09:04:24.857-08:00Je suis Rwandais et suis obligé de rester anonyme....Je suis Rwandais et suis obligé de rester anonyme. Je suis d'accord avec Kagame dégage. Le problème de la région c'est Kagame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-43397062367011048262012-02-07T16:46:20.938-08:002012-02-07T16:46:20.938-08:00Thanks for the interesting post. The answers are q...Thanks for the interesting post. The answers are quite detailed but sometimes a bit murky to be honest (maybe I am getting a bit lost in the diplomatic-speak. Sometimes simpler language paints a more accurate picture.) I can't gauge the depth of the positive effect they are saying Dodd Frank has had. On the one hand they speak of demilitarizing some mines and restructuring of the army. Then they talk about how screwed up and fractured the army is and how Ntaganda runs everything in North Kivu mineral trading. They talk about Rwanda and Uganda being complicit in, or at least aware of illegal supply chains. Then they say we need these governments to step up in prosecuting and investigations. Why would they?They talk about industry pulling out for fear of 100% due diligence demands, and say that this exacerbates criminalization and militarization of mineral smuggling. Yet they contend that the overall effect of Dodd Frank has been positive. <br /><br />If the overall suggestion is that the governments of DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda have to clean up their acts and prosecute those involved, then I would like to hear how the GoE thinks this can be made to happen. I have to question if the efforts by the DRC government to improve things are sincere or for show. The GoE seems to regard them as real progress. <br /><br />I have a ton of specific questions about the GoE's answers, too numerous to ask here. I do have one answerable question...<br /><br />What are the working and pay conditions like in legitimate mines? Where do most of the revenues go? In a country with the type of elections we just saw, I am wonder exactly what a "legitimate mine" looks like.Anandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11428835613475519655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-18924987145545958912012-02-07T08:48:41.494-08:002012-02-07T08:48:41.494-08:00Could you, Jason, or the experts you interviewed d...Could you, Jason, or the experts you interviewed discuss what methodological tools the GoE used to gather data on the well-being of the artisinal miners before and after April 1, 2011? Thank you.David Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530153464205125811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-15678057489682148602012-02-07T08:10:57.758-08:002012-02-07T08:10:57.758-08:00From the report, it is clear that the responsabili...From the report, it is clear that the responsability of Rwanda in the smuggling of blood minerals is overwhelming. The US are wrong backing such a person as Paul Kagame, who only rules by terror over a frightened population. There will be instability in the region as long as that guy will stay in control.Kagame degagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-56431929408893848942012-02-07T04:40:43.710-08:002012-02-07T04:40:43.710-08:00I am sorry for the wrong spelling, Please read it ...I am sorry for the wrong spelling, Please read it as KABULULU - not Kabulu<br /><br />3T<br />GomaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-52626268428428418822012-02-07T04:30:19.197-08:002012-02-07T04:30:19.197-08:00Every year these experts do their investigation co...Every year these experts do their investigation concerning the 3T illegal mining (not forgetting Gold)in order to bring the reality to the world but no one cares.<br />The DRCongo gov could have done a lot but it is like IMPOSSIBLE to chop away your own left hand while it is still on your body.<br />I only appreciate the gov of Rwanda to be the first country for taking the first action by arresting some of the generals connected to this report. <br />Kabulu was blind for keeping silent for the illegal activities taking place around and inside the mine.<br />The security council or world leaders could have done so much against those mentioned army officers,business men and companies but they are silent - who cares for Congo!<br />I have got no idea how much these experts are appreciated by the council but they are doing a risky business for the country no one care.<br /><br />3T<br />GomaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com