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"en.20110707.21.4-285-000"2
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"Madam President, this is not the first time that we have highlighted the situation in Congo, and we utterly condemn not only the atrocities committed with appalling regularity in that country, but also the passive attitude of the Congolese authorities. During the last five months, only 11 soldiers have appeared before a court, charged with rape. However, NGO reports talk about 400 000 women who have been raped in Congo during the last decade. According to the statistics, 48 women are raped every hour. This humanitarian crisis is exacerbated by impunity and the prejudices which turn rape into a taboo subject. Otherwise, victims are at risk of being excluded from their families and community. This is the case for many of the 121 women who reported that they were raped in June in South Kivu province.
I call on the Commission to provide funds and greater focus on setting up centres to care for the victims and on actions aimed at reintegrating them into their families and society. I also reiterate my call for an international criminal tribunal for Congo to be set up as the only viable solution against impunity. I also ask the authorities in EU countries to facilitate the process of obtaining a residence permit for rape victims who flee to the European Union."@en1
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