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111. La Commission a poursuivi la mise en œuvre de l’Initiative de Coopération régionale pour l’Élimination de l’Armée de Résistance du Seigneur (ICR-LRA). Après le transfert des contingents centrafricains, ougandais et du Soudan du Sud (soit un total de 2850 éléments) à la Force régionale d’intervention (FRI), en septembre 2012, les chefs d’État-major des quatre pays affectés par les atrocités de la LRA se sont retrouvés à Bangui, le 20 décembre 2012, pour examiner les documents de mission de l’Initiative.
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111. During the reporting period, the Commission continued to work towards the implementation of the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord’s Resistance Army (RCI-LRA). After the transfer of the Central African Republic, Ugandan and South Sudanese contingents (totaling 2,850 troops) to the Regional Task Force (RTF), in September 2012, the Chiefs of Defense Staff of the four countries affected by the atrocities of the LRA met in Bangui, on 20 December 2012, to consider the mission documents of the Initiative. Thereafter, the Ministers of Defense of the countries concerned met in Addis Ababa, on 15 January 2013, within the framework of the Joint Coordination Mechanism (JCM) that is chaired by the Commissioner for Peace and Security. On that occasion, they approved the mission documents of the RCI-LRA, namely the Strategic Directives, the CONOPS, the Rules of Engagement and the standing operational procedures. At that meeting, South Sudan pledged to provide 500 additional troopsto the RTF, while the DRC promised to make available its contingent of 500 troops before the end of January 2013. Furthermore, the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the Commission for the LRA continued his interaction with the different actors concerned in order to enhance the effectiveness of the efforts being made.
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