Human Rights Council Tenth Session Resolution 10/33. Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling also Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, Recalling further Council resolution 7/20 of 27 March 2008, in which it called on the international community to provide the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the various forms of assistance that the Democratic Republic of the Congo requested, with a view to improving the human rights situation, Recalling its resolution S-8/1 of 1 December 2008, in which the Council condemned the acts of violence, human rights violations and abuses committed in Kivu, in particular sexual violence and the recruitment of child soldiers by the militia, Expressing its appreciation for the role played by the international community, in particular by the African Union and the European Union, towards enhancing the rule of law and improving the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Considering that the pertinent work undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Section of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is complementary to that of the thematic special rapporteurs and must be sufficiently reinforced, Taking into consideration that the presence of the Office of the High Commissioner in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Human Rights Section of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been merged with a view to achieving more efficiency in their work on the human rights situation in the country, Considering the existence of a national programme for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the willingness of the Government of the country to implement the same, in particular through the earmarking of greater budget allocations to the Ministry of Human Rights, whose structures will have to be expanded into provinces to enable greater protection of human rights, Having reviewed the activity of the thematic special rapporteurs in relation to the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,