Statement of Doctors Without Borders for the Hearing at the House of Representatives House Committee on International Relations

Almost one year after the US representative in Kigali denied the existence of more than 300 000 refugees fleeing westward from the Rwandan refugee camps under attack, MSF expressed again its concerns about security and protection of civilians in Congo, severe restriction of movement imposed on relief teams in eastern Congo (DRC) and western Rwanda and shed some light on the complex situation in the North-Kivu/Masisi area.

Delivered by Marcel Van Soest, Epidemiologist