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ARMS CONTROL

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
US Department of State
Washington DC 20520

Dear Secretary Rice:

Despite a UN embargo, arms shipments continue to fuel a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that claims at least 30,000 lives each month. Armed groups in DRC use these shipments to kill, maim, and rape innocent civilians, and divert vital mineral resources to fund the flow of arms.

Amnesty International has evidence that the governments of Rwanda, Uganda, and the DRC ? all beneficiaries of US military aid ? have allowed arms transfers into eastern Congo. Uhuru Airlines is one of many companies used or leased by international arms brokers to channel weapons to Congo.

Rwanda, Uganda and the current DRC government must be asked to investigate and prosecute embargo violations occurring within areas under their control. The global network of arms brokers and transport companies including those with US assets, must be better regulated and monitored, and war profiteers brought to justice. Countries receiving US support while allowing arms trafficking that fuels human rights abuses must be called to account.

The deadly flow must stop. Uhuru is Swahili for Freedom. It shouldn?t mean a cargo-load of terror.

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His Excellency Dr. Zac Nsenga, Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda, Embassy of The Republic of Rwanda,
1714 New Hampshire Avenue - NW, Washington, D.C. 20009
Her Excellency Edith Grace Ssempala, Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda, Embassy of the Republic of Uganda,
5911 16th Street - NW, Washington, D.C. 20011
Her Excellency Faida MITIFU, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1800 New Hampshire Avenue - NW, Washington DC 20009