international law, including international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law, to ensure the protection of the civilian population and to facilitate the work of humanitarian agencies; 2. Calls for the immediate end to all human rights violations and the unconditional respect for the rights of civilians; 3. Expresses concern at the deteriorating situation of refugees and internally displaced persons owing to the escalation of the conflict in Kivu; 4. Urges all parties to allow and facilitate humanitarian assistance and to support the ongoing efforts to establish humanitarian corridors throughout the area so as to allow access and the free movement of people and goods as well as to enable humanitarian agencies to provide badly needed food, water, medication and shelter; 5. Condemns the acts of violence, human rights violations and abuses committed in Kivu, in particular sexual violence and the recruitment by the militia of child soldiers and stresses the importance of bringing all perpetrators to justice; 6. Underlines that the Government has the primary responsibility to make every effort to strengthen the protection of the civilian population and to investigate and bring to justice perpetrators of violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law, and calls upon the international community to support the endeavours of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in its efforts to stabilize the situation in the country; 7. Expresses its support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the African Union, the Southern Africa Development Community, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the international community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the search for a solution to restore long-term peace and stability to the region, in particular within the Goma process and the Nairobi process, and urges all parties to cooperate with the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General;