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  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Decision 2011/699/CFSP of 20 October 2011 implementing Decision 2010/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo",
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  "text": "ANNEX\na)\nList of persons referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5\nName\nAlias\nDate of birth/place of birth\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of designation\nFrank Kakolele BWAMBALE\nFrank Kakorere\nFrank Kakorere Bwambale\nCongolese\nFARDC General, without posting as of June 2011.\nLeft the CNDP in January 2008. As of June 2011, resides in Kinshasa.\nSince 2010, Kakolele has been involved in activities apparently on behalf of the DRC government’s Programme de Stabilisation et Reconstruction des Zones Sortant des Conflits Armés (STAREC), including participation in a STAREC mission to Goma and Beni in March 2011.\nFormer RCD-ML leader, exercising influence over policies and maintaining command and control over the activities of RCD-ML forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), responsible for trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.\n1.11.2005\nGaston IYAMUREMYE\nRumuli\nByiringiro Victor Rumuli\nVictor Rumuri\nMichel Byiringiro\n1948\nMusanze District (Northern Province), Rwanda\nRuhengeri, Rwanda\nRwandan\nFDLR President and 2nd Vice-President of FDLR-FOCA\nAs of June 2011, based at Kalonge, North Kivu Province.\nBrigadier General\nAccording to multiple sources, including the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee’s Group of Experts, Gaston Iyamuremye is the second vice president of the FDLR and is considered a core member of the FDLR military and political leadership. Gaston Iyamuremye also ran Ignace Murwanashyaka’s (President of the FDLR) office in Kibua, DRC until December 2009.\n1.12.2010\nJérôme KAKWAVU BUKANDE\nJérôme Kakwavu\nCommandant Jérôme\nGoma\nCongolese\nGiven the rank of General in the FARDC in December 2004.\nAs of June 2011, detained in Makala Prison in Kinshasa. On 25 March 2011, the High Military Court in Kinshasa opened a trial against Kakwavu for war crimes.\nFormer President of UCD/FAPC. FAPC’s control of illegal border posts between Uganda and the DRC - a key transit route for arms flows. exercised influence over policies and command and control over the activities of FAPC forces, which were involved in arms trafficking and, consequently, in violations of the arms embargo. Given the rank of General in the FARDC in December 2004.\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri in 2002.\nOne of five senior FARDC officers who had been accused of serious crimes involving sexual violence and whose cases the Security Council had brought to the Government’s attention during its visit in 2009.\n1.11.2005\nGermain KATANGA\nCongolese\nAppointed General in the FARDC in December 2004.\nHanded over by the Government of the DRC to the International Criminal Court on 18 October 2007. His trial began in November 2009.\nFRPI chief. Involved in weapons transfers, in violation of the arms embargo.\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri from 2002 to 2003.\n1.11.2005\nThomas LUBANGA\nIturi\nCongolese\nArrested in Kinshasa in March 2005 for UPC/L involvement in human rights abuses violations.\nTransferred to the ICC by the Congolese authorities on 17 March 2006.\nHis trial began in January 2009 and is due to close in 2011.\nPresident of the UPC/L, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in the trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri from 2002 to 2003.\n1.11.2005\nKhawa Panga MANDRO\nKawa Panga\nKawa Panga Mandro\nKawa Mandro\nYves Andoul Karim\nMandro Panga Kahwa\nYves Khawa Panga Mandro\n“Chief Kahwa”\n“Kawa”\n20 August 1973, Bunia\nCongolese\nPlaced in prison in Bunia in April 2005 for sabotage of the Ituri peace process. Arrested by Congolese authorities in October 2005, acquitted by the Court of Appeal in Kisangani, subsequently transferred to the judicial authorities in Kinshasa on new charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder, aggravated assault and battery.\nAs of June 2011 detained at Makala Central Prison, Kinshasa.\nEx-President of PUSIC, one of the armed groups and militia referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003) involved in arms trafficking, in violation of the arms embargo. In prison in Bunia since 04/05 for sabotage of the Ituri peace process.\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children from 2001 to 2002.\n1.11.2005\nCallixte MBARUSHIMANA\n24 July 1963, Ndusu/Ruhen geri Northern Province, Rwanda\nRwandan\nArrested in Paris on 3 October 2010 under ICC warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by FDLR troops in the Kivus in 2009 and transferred to The Hague on 25 January 2011.\nExecutive Secretary of the FDLR and Vice-President of the FDLR military high command until his arrest.\nPolitical/Military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, impeding the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of combatants, per Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP 4 (b).\n3.3.2009\nIruta Douglas MPAMO\nMpano\nDouglas Iruta Mpamo\n28 December 1965, Bashali, Masisi\n29 December 1965, Goma, DRC (formerly Zaire)\nUvira\nCongolese\nAs of June 2011, resides in Gisenyi, Rwanda.\nNo known occupation since two of the planes managed by Great Lakes Business Company (GLBC) crashed.\nOwner/Manager of the Compagnie Aérienne des Grands Lacs and of Great Lakes Business Company, whose aircraft were used to provide assistance to armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003). Also responsible for disguising information on flights and cargo apparently to allow for the violation of the arms embargo.\n1.11.2005\nSylvestre MUDACUMURA\nKnown as:\n\"Radja\"\n\"Mupenzi Bernard\"\n\"General Major Mupenzi\"\n“General Mudacumura”\nRwandan\nMilitary commander of FDLR-FOCA, also political 1st Vice- President and head of FOCA High Command, thus combining overall military and political command functions since the arrests of FDLR leaders in Europe.\nAs of June 2011, based at Kikoma forest, near Bogoyi, Walikale, North Kivu.\nFDLR commander, exercising influence over policies, and maintaining command and control over the activities of FDLR forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.\nMudacumura (or staff) was in telephone communication with FDLR leader Murwanashyaka in Germany, including at the time of the Busurungi Massacre May 2009, and military commander Major Guillaume during Umoja Wetu and Kimia II operations in 2009.\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for 27 cases of recruitment and use of children by troops under his command in North Kivu from 2002 to 2007.\n1.11.2005\nLeodomir MUGARAGU\nManzi Leon\nLeo Manzi\n1954\n1953\nKigali, Rwanda\nRushashi (Northern Province), Rwanda\nRwandan\nFDLR-FOCA Chief of Staff, in charge of administration.\nAs of June 2011, based at the FDLR HQ at Kikoma forest, Bogoyi, Walikale, North Kivu.\nAccording to open-source and official reporting, Leodomir Mugaragu is the Chief of Staff of the Forces Combattantes Abucunguzi/Combatant Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FOCA), the FDLR’s armed wing. According to official reporting Mugaragu is a senior planner for FDLR’s military operations in the eastern DRC.\n1.12.2010\nLeopold MUJYAMBERE\nMusenyeri\nAchille\nFrere Petrus Ibrahim\n17 March 1962, Kigali, Rwanda\nEst. 1966\nRwandan\nAs of June 2011, Commander of the South Kivu operational sector now called ‘Amazon’ of FDLRFOCA.\nBased at Nyakaleke (south-east of Mwenga, South Kivu).\nCommander of the Second Division of FOCA / the Reserve Brigades (an FDLR armed branch). Military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, impeding the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of combatants, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP 4 (b).\nIn evidence collated by the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts, detailed in its report of 13 February 2008, girls recovered from FDLR-FOCA had previously been abducted and sexually abused. Since mid-2007, FDLR-FOCA, which previously recruited boys in their mid to late teens, has been forcefully recruiting youth from the age of 10 years. The youngest are then used as escorts, and older children are deployed as soldiers on the frontline, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP4 (d) and (e).\n3.3.2009\nDr. Ignace MURWANASHYAKA\nIgnace\n14 May 1963, Butera (Rwanda)\nNgoma, Butare (Rwanda)\nRwandan\nArrested by German authorities on 17 November 2009.\nReplaced by Gaston Iamuremye, alias ‘Rumuli’ as President of FDLR-FOCA.\nMurwanashyaka’s trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by FDLR troops in DRC in 2008 and 2009 began on 4 May 2011 in a German court.\nPresident of the FDLR, and supreme commander of the FDLR armed forces exercising influence over policies, and maintaining command and control over the activities of FDLR forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.\nIn telephone communication with FDLR military field commanders (including during the Busurungi May 2009 massacre); gave military orders to the high command; involved in coordinating the transfer of arms and ammunition to FDLR units and relaying specific instructions for use; managing large sums of money raised through illicit sale of natural resources in areas of FDLR control (pg.24-25, 83)\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he held command responsibility as President and military commander of FDLR for recruitment and use of children by the FDLR in Eastern Congo.\n1.11.2005\nStraton MUSONI\nIO Musoni\n6 April 1961 (possibly 4 June 1961) Mugambazi, Kigali, Rwanda\nRwandan\nMusoni’s trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by FDLR troops in DRC in 2008 and 2009 began on 4 May 2011 in a German court.\nReplaced as 1st Vice-President of the FDLR by Sylvestre Mudacumura.\nThrough his leadership of the FDLR, a foreign armed group operating in the DRC, Musoni is impeding the disarmament and voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups, in breach of resolution 1649 (2005).\n29.3.2007\nJules MUTEBUTSI\nJules Mutebusi\nJules Mutebuzi\nColonel Mutebutsi\n1964, Minembwe South Kivu\nCongolese\nFormer FARDC Deputy Military Regional Commander of 10th Military Region in April 2004, dismissed for indiscipline.\nIn December 2007, he was arrested by Rwandan authorities when he tried to cross the border into the DRC. He has lived since in semi-liberty in Kigali (not authorized to leave the country).\nJoined forces with other renegade elements of former RCDG to take town of Bukavu in May 04 by force.\nImplicated in the receipt of weapons outside of FARDC structures and provision of supplies to armed groups and militia mentioned in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), in violation of the arms embargo.\n1.11.2005\nMathieu, Chui NGUDJOLO\nCui Ngudjolo\nArrested by MONUC in Bunia in October 2003.\nSurrendered by the Government of the DRC to the International Criminal Court on 7 February 2008.\nFNI Chief of Staff and former Chief of Staff of the FRPI, exercising influence over policies and maintaining command and control the activities of FRPI forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), responsible for trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children under 15 years old in Ituri in 2006.\n1.11.2005\nFloribert Ngabu NJABU\nFloribert Njabu\nFloribert Ndjabu\nFloribert Ngabu Ndjabu\nUnder house arrest in Kinshasa from March 2005 for FNI involvement in human rights abuses.\nTransferred to The Hague on 27 March 2011 to testify in the ICC Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo trials.\nPresident of FNI, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in the trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.\n1.11.2005\nLaurent NKUNDA\nNkunda Mihigo Laurent\nLaurent Nkunda Bwatare\nLaurent Nkundabatware\nLaurent Nkunda Mahoro Batware\nLaurent Nkunda Batware\n“Chairman”\n\"General Nkunda\"\n“Papa Six”\n6 February 1967\nNorth Kivu/Rutshuru\n2 February 1967\nCongolese\nFormer RCD-G General.\nFounder, National Congress for the People’s Defense, 2006; Senior Officer, Rally for Congolese Democracy-Goma (RCD-G), 1998-2006; Officer Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), 1992-1998.\nLaurent Nkunda was arrested by Rwandan authorities in Rwanda in January 2009 and replaced as the commander of the CNDP. Since then, he has been under house arrest in Kigali, Rwanda.\nDRC Government’s request to extradite Nkunda for crimes committed in eastern DRC has been refused by Rwanda.\nIn 2010, Nkunda’s appeal for illegal detention was rejected by Rwandan court in Gisenyi, ruling that the matter should be examined by a military court. Nkunda’s lawyers initiated a procedure with the Rwandan Military Court.\nRetains some influence over certain elements of the CNDP.\nFormer RCD-G General.\nJoined forces with other renegade elements of former RCD-G to take Bukavu in May 04 by force. In receipt of weapons outside of FARDC in violation of the arms embargo.\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for 264 cases of recruitment and use of children by troops under his command in North Kivu from 2002 to 2009.\n1.11.2005\nFelicien NSANZUBUKI-RE\nFred Irakeza\n1967\nMurama, Kinyinya, Rubungo, Kigali, Rwanda\nRwandan\n1st battalion leader of the FDLR-FOCA, based in the Uvira-Sange area of South Kivu.\nA member of the FDLR since at least 1994 and operating in eastern DRC since October 1998.\nAs of June 2011, based in Magunda, Mwenga territory, South Kivu.\nFelicien Nsanzubukire supervised and coordinated the trafficking of ammunition and weapons between at least November 2008 and April 2009 from the United Republic of Tanzania, via Lake Tanganyika, to FDLR units based in the Uvira and Fizi areas of South Kivu.\n1.12.2010\nPacifique NTAWUNGUKA\nColonel Omega\nNzeri\nIsrael\nPacifique Ntawungula\n1 January 1964, Gaseke, Gisenyi Province, Rwanda\nEst. 1964\nRwandan\nCommander, Operational Sector North Kivu ‘SONOKI’ of FDLR-FOCA. As of June 2011, based at Matembe, North Kivu.\nReceived military training in Egypt\nCommander of the First Division of FOCA (an FDLR armed wing). Military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, impeding the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of combatants, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP 4 (b). In evidence collated by the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts, detailed in its report of 13 February 2008, girls recovered from FDLR-FOCA had previously been abducted and sexually abused.\nSince mid-2007, FDLR-FOCA, which previously recruited boys in their mid to late teens, has been forcefully recruiting youth from the age of 10 years. The youngest are then used as escorts, and older children are deployed as soldiers on the frontline, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP4 (d) and (e).\n3.3.2009\nJames NYAKUNI\nUgandan\nTrade partnership with Jérôme Kakwavu, particularly smuggling across the DRC/Uganda border, including suspectted smuggling of weapons and military material in unchecked trucks. Violation of the arms embargo and provision of assistance to armed groups and militia referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), including financial support that allows them to operate militarily.\n1.11.2005\nStanislas NZEYIMANA\nDeogratias Bigaruka Izabayo\nBigaruka\nBigurura\nIzabayo Deo\nJules Mateso Mlamba\n1 January 1966, Mugusa (Butare), Rwanda\nEst. 1967\nAlt. 28 August 1966\nRwandan\nDeputy commander of the FDLR-FOCA.\nAs of June 2011, based at Mukoberwa, North Kivu.\nDeputy Commander of the FOCA (an FDLR armed branch). Military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, impeding the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of combatants, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP 4 (b). In evidence collated by the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts, detailed in its report of 13 February 2008, girls recovered from FDLR-FOCA had previously been abducted and sexually abused.\nSince mid-2007, FDLR-FOCA, which previously recruited boys in their mid to late teens, has been forcefully recruiting youth from the age of 10 years. The youngest are then used as escorts, and older children are deployed as soldiers on the frontline, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP4 (d) and (e).\n3.3.2009\nDieudonné OZIA MAZIO\nOzia Mazio\n‘Omari’\n‘Mr Omari’\n6 June 1949, Ariwara\nCongolese\nWhile president of the Fédération des entreprises congolaises (FEC) in Aru territory, Dieudonné Ozia Mazio is believed to have died in Ariwara on 23 September 2008\nFinancial schemes with Commandant Jerome and FAPC and smuggling across the DRC/Uganda border, allowing supplies and cash to be made available to Commandant Jerome and his troops. Violation of the arms embargo, including by providing assistance to armed groups and militia referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003).\n1.11.2005\nBosco TAGANDA\nBosco Ntaganda\nBosco Ntagenda\nGeneral Taganda\n‘Lydia’ when he was part of APR.\n‘Terminator’\nCall sign ‘Tango Romeo’ or ‘Tango’\n“Major”\n1973-74\nBigogwe, Rwanda\nCongolese\nBorn in Rwanda, he moved to Nyamitaba, Masisi territory, North Kivu, when he was a child.\nAs of June 2011, he resides in Goma and owns large farms in Ngungu area, Masisi territory, North Kivu.\nNominated FARDC Brigadier-General by Presidential Decree on 11 December 2004, following Ituri peace agreements.\nFormerly Chief of Staff in CNDP and became CNDP military commander since the arrest of Laurent Nkunda in January 2009.\nSince January 2009, de facto Deputy Commander of consecutive anti-FDLR operations ‘Umoja Wetu’, ‘Kimia II’, and ‘Amani Leo’ in North and South Kivu.\nUPC/L military commander, exercising influence over policies and maintaining command and control over the activities of UPC/L, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in the trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo. He was appointed General in the FARDC in December 2004 but refused to accept the promotion, therefore remaining outside of the FARDC.\nAccording to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri in 2002 and 2003, and 155 cases of direct and/or command responsibility for recruitment and use of children in North Kivu from 2002 to 2009.\nAs CNDP Chief of Staff, had direct and command responsibility for the massacre at Kiwanja (November 2008)\n1.11.2005\nInnocent ZIMURINDA\nSeptember 1, 1972\n1975\nNgungu, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC\nCongolese.\nColonel in the FARDC.\nIntegrated in the FARDC in 2009 as a Lieutenant Colonel, brigade commander in FARDC Kimia II Ops, based in Ngungu area.\nIn July 2009, Zimurinda was promoted to full Colonel and became FARDC Sector commander in Ngungu and subsequently in Kitchanga in FARDC Kimia II and Amani Leo Operations.\nWhereas Zimurinda did not appear in the 31 December 2010 DRC Presidential ordinance nominating high FARDC officers, Zimurinda de facto maintained his command position of FARDC 22nd sector in Kitchanga and wears the newly issued FARDC rank and uniform.\nHe remains loyal to Bosco Ntaganda.\nIn December 2010, recruitment activities carried out by elements under the command of Zimurinda were denounced in open source reports.\nAccording to multiple sources, Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda, in his capacity as one of the commanders of the FARDC 231st Brigade, gave orders that resulted in the massacre of over 100 Rwandan refugees, mostly women and children, during an April 2009 military operation in the Shalio area.\nThe UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee’s Group of Experts reported that Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda was witnessed first hand refusing to release three children from his command in Kalehe, on August 29, 2009.\nAccording to multiple sources, Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda, prior to the CNDP’s integration into FARDC, participated in a November 2008 CNDP operation that resulted in the massacre of 89 civilians, including women and children, in the region of Kiwanja.\nIn March 2010, 51 human rights groups working in eastern DRC alleged that Zimurinda was responsible for multiple human rights abuses involving the murder of numerous civilians, including women and children, between February 2007 and August 2007.\nLt Col Innocent Zimurinda was accused in the same complaint of responsibility for the rape of a large number of women and girls.\nAccording to a May 21, 2010, statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, Innocent Zimurinda has been involved in the arbitrary execution of child soldiers, including during operation Kimia II.\nAccording to the same statement, he denied access by the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) to screen troops for minors.\nAccording to the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee’s Group of Experts, Lt Col Zimurinda holds direct and command responsibility for child recruitment and for maintaining children within troops under his command.\n1.12.2010\nb)\nList of entities referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5\nName\nAlias\nAddress\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of designation\nBUTEMBO AIRLINES (BAL)\nButembo, DRC\nPrivately-owned airline, operates out of Butembo.\nSince December 2008, BAL no longer holds an aircraft operating license in the DRC.\nKisoni Kambale (deceased on 5 July 2007 and subsequently de-listed on 24 April 2008) used his airline to transport FNI gold, rations and weapons between Mongbwalu and Butembo. This constitutes ‘provision of assistance’ to illegal armed groups in breach of the arms embargo of resolutions 1493 (2003) and 1596 (2005).\n29.3.2007\nCONGOMET TRADING HOUSE\nButembo, North Kivu\nNo longer exists as a gold trading house in Butembo, North Kivu.\nCongomet Trading House (formerly listed as Congocom) was owned by Kisoni Kambale (deceased on 5 July 2007 and subsequently de-listed on 24 April 2008).\nKambale acquired almost all the gold production in the Mongbwalu district, which is controlled by the FNI. The FNI derived substantial income from taxes imposed on this production. This constitutes ‘provision of assistance’ to illegal armed groups in breach of the arms embargo of resolutions 1493 (2003) and 1596 (2005).\n29.3.2007\nCOMPAGNIE AERIENNE DES GRANDS LACS (CAGL)\nGREAT LAKES BUSINESS COMPANY (GLBC)\nCAGL\nAvenue Président Mobutu Goma, DRC (CAGL also has an office in Gisenyi, Rwanda)\nGLBC, PO Box 315, Goma, DRC (GLBC also has an office in Gisenyi, Rwanda)\nAs of December 2008, GLBC no longer had any operational aircraft, although several aircraft continued flying in 2008 despite UN sanctions.\nCAGL and GLBC are companies owned by Douglas MPAMO, an individual already subject to sanctions under resolution 1596 (2005). CAGL and GLBC were used to transport arms and ammunition in violation of the arms embargo of resolutions 1493 (2003) and 1596 (2005).\n29.3.2007\nMACHANGA LTD\nKampala, Uganda\nGold export (Directors: Mr. Rajendra Kumar Vaya and Mr. Hirendra M. Vaya).\nIn 2010, assets belonging to Machanga, held in the account of Emirates Gold, were frozen by Bank of Nova Scotia Mocatta (UK).\nThe previous owner of Machanga, Rajendra Kumar, and his brother Vipul Kumar, have remained involved in purchasing gold from eastern DRC.\nMACHANGA bought gold through a regular commercial relationship with traders in the DRC tightly linked to militias. This constitutes ‘provision of assistance’ to illegal armed groups in breach of the arms embargo of resolutions 1493 (2003) and 1596 (2005).\n29.3.2007\nTOUS POUR LA PAIX ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT (NGO)\nTPD\nGoma, North Kivu\nGoma, with provincial committees in South Kivu, Kasai Occidental, Kasai Oriental and Maniema.\nOfficially suspended all activities since 2008.\nIn practice, as of June 2011 TPD offices are open and involved in cases related to returns of IDPs, community Reconciliation initiatives, land conflict settlements, etc.\nThe TPD President is Eugene Serufuli and Vice-President is Saverina Karomba. Important members include North Kivu provincial deputies Robert Seninga and Bertin Kirivita.\nImplicated in violation of the arms embargo, by providing assistance to RCD-G, particularly in supplying trucks to transport arms and troops, and also by transporting weapons to be distributed to parts of the population in Masisi and Rutshuru, North Kivu, in early 2005\n1.11.2005\nUGANDA COMMERCIAL IMPEX (UCI) LTD\nKajoka Street Kisemente Kampala, Uganda\nTel.: +256 41 533 578/9;\nAlternative address: PO Box 22709 Kampala, Uganda\nGold export company in Kampala. (Former directors Mr. J.V. LODHIA – known as “Chuni”- and his son Mr. Kunal LODHIA).\nIn January 2011, Ugandan authorities notified the Committee that following an exemption on its financial holdings, Emirates Gold repaid UCI’s debt to Crane Bank in Kampala, leading to final closure of its accounts.\nThe previous owner of UCI, J.V. Lodhia and his son Kumal Lodhia have remained involved in purchasing gold from eastern DRC.\nUCI bought gold through a regular commercial relationship with traders in the DRC tightly linked to militias. This constitutes ‘provision of assistance’ to illegal armed groups in breach of the arms embargo of resolutions 1493 (2003) and 1596 (2005).\n29.3.2007",
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