A/HRC/16/27 third military region asking for this officer to be handed over to the judge advocate. So far no action has been taken on this request. The fifth officer is still on the run. 62. Within the framework of Operation Amani Leo, which succeeded Operation Kimia II in January 2010, the Joint Human Rights Office continued to collect information on human rights violations committed by soldiers from battalions not supported by MONUSCO as well as from battalions supported by MONUSCO under its “conditionality policy”.37 The Joint Human Rights Office has observed, on the basis of documented cases, a fall in the number of human rights violations committed by soldiers from battalions supported by MONUSCO.38 This is partly down to the screening of battalion commanders and their deputies, carried out with the help of the Joint Human Rights Office. 63. Screening is also carried out in other operations, such as Rudia II (in Orientale province), Western Thrust (in Equateur province) and Iron Stone (in Ituri). The conditionality policy is applied to all operations supported by MONUSCO. My Office took part in the inter-agency mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2010 to assess the implementation of the conditionality policy. The mission concluded that MONUSCO had made a real effort to integrate the policy into its general protection work, but that serious problems persisted. Several recommendations were made in this respect. 64. The Joint Human Rights Office continued to collect evidence of human rights violations by soldiers in unilateral operations conducted by FARDC.39 For example, the Office received allegations that between 18 and 22 September 2010 FARDC soldiers from Pinga (115 km north-west of Masisi) had pillaged many villages between Pinga and Kibua, in Walikale territory, North Kivu, while on their way to operational zones. 65. The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo invited the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions to visit the country in October 2009. Following his visit, the Special Rapporteur made six recommendations for combating the prevailing impunity in the country. Noting in particular that FARDC members enjoyed impunity thanks to their anonymity, he suggested that they should be required to display their name on a uniform identifying their military unit. This measure would make it easier to identify and investigate members of the security forces responsible for serious human rights violations. 66. The cases mentioned above demonstrate how urgent it is to take action in the longer term to introduce some mechanism for vetting members of the security forces, so as to rid these forces of anyone responsible for serious human rights violations.40 As FARDC 37 38 39 40 GE.11-10197 Under the conditionality policy, the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) does not take part in or support the operations of FARDC units if there are substantial reasons for believing that the units might violate international humanitarian law, international human rights law or international law on refugees in the course of the operation. For more details on the implementation of this policy, see the reports of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2009/623, S/2010/164 and S/2010/512). At the time of writing, 18 battalions involved in Operation Amani Leo are receiving support from MONUSCO. Operations Rwenzori and Nord Omaté, for example. The Security Council has asked the Congolese authorities on several occasions to set up, with MONUC assistance, an effective vetting mechanism, in accordance with international standards, for the FARDC and the national security forces, to ensure the exclusion of those persons associated with violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses (Security Council resolution 1906 (2009), para. 32). In its resolution 1925 (2010), establishing MONUSCO, the Security Council “emphasizes that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo bears primary responsibility for security, peacebuilding and development in the country, and encourages the 17