Following multiple violent conflicts that resulted in threats to the Organization, the CRC is then moved from Nyankunde in Bunia in 2001, and then from Bunia to Beni in 2003 where it established its headquarters temporarily.
Former head of the Congolese Red Cross tracing service in Ituri and head of the ICRC delegation in Bunia
As of 1991, the Ngiti numbered 100,000 located in the Irumu territory south of Bunia.
The Security Council expressed concern at fighting in the city of Bunia, and called for a ceasefire and immediate end to hostilities.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1484, adopted unanimously on 30 May 2003, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Council authorised Operation Artemis in Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province, amid the deteriorating security situation in the area.
The preameble of the resolution reiterated the Council's support of Operation Artemis in Bunia and the need to replace the force once its mandate had expired, in accordance with Resolution 1484 (2003).
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