8. Emphasizes the importance of strengthening the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a view to increasing its capacity to protect civilians and to restore peace, security and stability in the region of Kivu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and calls upon all States to immediately provide assistance to the Mission to increase its ability to address the dire security and humanitarian situation in the region; 9. Calls upon the international community: (a) To seriously address the root causes of the conflict, including the illicit exploitation of natural resources and the establishment of militia, which are the basis of human rights violations and the humanitarian crisis in the region; (b) To continue to contribute to the promotion of peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to assist the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the rehabilitation and economic reconstruction of the country; (c) To provide the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the various forms of assistance it requests, with a view to improving the humanitarian and human rights situation; 10. Welcomes the cooperation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the thematic special procedures of the Council and the invitation it has extended to some individual special procedures, and encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to strengthen its cooperation in this regard. 11. Invites all the thematic special procedures mentioned in its resolution 7/20 to urgently examine the current situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a view to providing a comprehensive report to the Council at its tenth session on how best to assist technically the Democratic Republic of the Congo in addressing the situation of human rights, with a view to obtaining tangible improvements on the ground, taking also into account the needs formulated by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;