UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/25 29 February 2008 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 10 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY-BUILDING Report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Titinga Frédéric Pacéré1 1 This report is being transmitted late because the independent expert wished to include information on the Conference on Peace, Security and Development in the Provinces of North and South Kivu held from 6 to 24 January 2008 in Goma, North Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo). GE.08-11558 (E) 300508 040608