THE UN Security Council has announced planned sanctions against leaders of the M23 rebel movement for its attacks on civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
And in what appears to be a rebuke to neighbouring Rwanda, it has insisted on an end to outside backing for the movement.
A recent UN report accused Rwanda's defence minister, General James Kabarebe, of being the "de facto" commander of the M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo.
Friday's Security Council statement called on M23 and other armed groups in the chronically unstable but resource-rich region, including the Rwandan army, to "immediately cease all forms of violence and other destabilising activities".
"The Security Council expresses its intention to apply targeted sanctions against the leadership of the M23 and those acting in violation of the sanctions regime and the arms embargo," it said.
It expressed "deep concern" that M23 was still receiving support from neighbouring countries.
"The Security Council demands that any and all outside support to the M23 as well as other armed groups cease immediately," the statement said.
The council also called on all states in the region to condemn the M23 rebels and to work with the Kinshasa authorities to disarm all armed groups.
UN investigators have reportedly accused both Rwanda and Uganda, which border eastern DR Congo, of arming and supporting the M23 rebels, in a confidential report.
Rwanda has repeatedly denied accusations that it backs the fighters.
The M23 rebel force is made up of former fighters in the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), an ethnic Tutsi rebel movement.
The force emerged after an unsuccessful attempt to integrate CNDP fighters into the Congolese army under a 2009 peace deal.
The Security Council statement came a day after the UN General Assembly elected Rwanda as a non-permanent member of the Security Council. It begins its two-year mandate in January.
And it follows an attack on Tuesday in which unidentified rebel fighters in eastern DR Congo wounded six Indian troops with MONUSCO, the UN mission there, as well as their interpreter.
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