vendredi 14 février 2014

DRC natural resources press review of Friday, February 14, 2014

Three international NGOs call on the UK authorities to open "quickly" an investigation against two companies of this country, Hussar Services Limited based in London and Hussar Limited headquartered in Jersey ( the Channel Islands ) . These associations accuse these companies have melted gold looted between 2004 and 2005 in Ituri ( Orientale Province) , reports Radio Okapi. This call is contained in a statement issued Tuesday, February 4th with Radio Okapi has received a copy. To date, Hussar Hussar Services Limited and Limited and their leaders have never had to account for their key role in this lucrative transnational gold stained company which is the subject of the complaint filed in Switzerland , complain Conflict Awareness Project , Open Society Justice Initiative and Track Impunity Always ( Trial) in this release.

Taking the same information, the Potentiel indicates that contacted about this by Radio Okapi , the Embassy of Great Britain in Kinshasa said that the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited British companies to operate responsibly in the abroad, in accordance with all relevant national and international laws and human rights that form the values ​​of British society. Britain says encourage Furthermore, all these companies to fully integrate social responsibility into their operations abroad . It urges them not to operate in areas of conflict. As a reminder, between 2004 and 2005 , gold worth about $ 40 million was looted in a gold mining concession near the town of Mongbwalu , 80 km north of Bunia in Ituri. This concession was controlled by the FNI.

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