From 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time on December 20, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), held **, parliamentary and local elections. A day earlier, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution that the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) would gradually withdraw from the DRC starting at the end of December this year.
According to the National Independent Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), more than 44 million voters voted in the country's election, the results of which will be announced on December 31, and the new ** will be sworn in on January 20, 2024. The country's borders were closed for one day on 20 December to ensure election security, but international flights to and from international airports were operating normally.
On December 19, local time, the United Nations Security Council voted to adopt a resolution agreeing to accept the demand of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to gradually withdraw from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) from later this month. The resolution includes the withdrawal of MONUSCO personnel from South Kivu province by the end of April 2024. According to United Nations data, there are currently more than 120 armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and more than 6 million people have been displaced due to regional instability. Since 1999, the United Nations has dispatched the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to maintain order on the ground, and MONUSCO now has more than 13,000 peacekeepers in the country with an annual budget of about $1 billion.
Editor: Liu Yusi).