quotes about resolving conflict peacefully

When your meaning meets my meaning across the bridge of words, tones, acts, and deeds, when understanding occurs, then we know that we have communicated. Communication is the meeting of meaning.We pray they will minister to your situation: UN experts, the DRC government and several Western nations including the United States and France accuse Rwanda of actively backing the M23, despite denials from Kigali.The following are quotes from various resources pertaining to the subject of communication and also on conflict. On July 7, the European Union also issued a statement condemning Rwanda's military presence in DR Congo, calling on Kigali to pull its troops out and cease any support of the M23 force. In February, DRC's president Felix Tshisekedi had denounced the EAC, which is made up of soldiers from Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda, accusing it of 'cohabiting' with the M23. He expressed his gratitude for the presence of the East African Community (EAC) force, which he said was acting as a buffer force between the M23 and Rwanda troops on one side, and Congolese soldiers and the militia supporting them. General Constant Ndima, governor of North Kivu province, which sits at the heart of the conflict, denounced the presence of Rwandan troops there in what he called 'a useless war of aggression'. He also insisted that two million people forced to flee the conflict should be allowed to return safely and the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo be respected. Kenyatta called for different regional peace initiatives to continue, so as 'to ensure the people of the Congo are able to dialogue with each other to resolve the problems of this great nation'. The authorities in Kinshasa however have ruled out any dialogue with the force, calling for their unconditional surrender - and for the withdrawal of the Rwandan troops they say are helping them.

The mainly Tutsi M23 rebel force, which since last year has captured vast swathes of territory in DR Congo's border region with Rwanda and Uganda, wants talks with the government as a precondition to any surrender. 'We are not here to open new negotiations,' he told journalists after having met the Congolese authorities, UN representatives and western diplomats.

Quotes about resolving conflict peacefully