Democratic Republic of the Congo (the): Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and on areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army [S/2012/923]

I. Introduction

1. The present report is submitted pursuant to the request of the Security Council contained in the statement issued by its President on 29 June 2012 (S/PRST/2012/18), in which the Council requested me to keep it informed of the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), the progress of implementation of the United Nations regional strategy to address the threat and impact of the activities of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the efforts being made by missions in the region and other relevant United Nations agencies to that end. The present report provides an assessment of the major political trends in Central Africa and updates on progress in implementing the mandate of UNOCA and on efforts to counter the threat and impact of LRA, in particular the implementation of the United Nations regional strategy, since my report of 11 June 2012 (S/2012/421).