Kinshasa, 29 April 2016 - During a five-day visit in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) from 25 to 29 April, senior representatives of the United Nations Organization (UN), the African Union (AU), the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) representing the Guarantors of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region urged Government officials from the three countries to intensify their efforts to neutralize armed groups in eastern DRC and expedite the repatriation of the remaining ex-M23 combatants from Rwanda and Uganda. According to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa and leader of the delegation, Said Djinnit, “the region will not be at peace with itself and focus on socio-economic progress as long as the scourge of negative forces and other root causes of conflicts in the region remain unaddressed”.