A/HRC/7/25 page 21 (b) Promote nationwide, in cooperation with the Government, the signing of agreements similar to those signed in South Kivu and Kasai, Orientale Province, as evidence of a commitment to combat impunity for the perpetrators of sexual crimes. 69. The independent expert recommends that the international community should: (a) Continue to support the institutions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to permit the establishment of the rule of law, a culture of peace and a lasting democracy; (b) Continue to support the restructuring, integration, recruitment, training and equipping of the army, the security forces and the police; (c) Continue to support efforts to achieve economic recovery in the country, in particular the Government’s economic programme aimed at bringing the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative to a successful conclusion, reforming the mining sector and attracting needed capital for the social sectors, including education and health; (d) Continue to support the United Nations Human Rights Integrated Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, consisting of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Division of MONUC, in the implementation of its programmes and activities for the promotion and protection of human rights; (e) Support the efforts of MONUC to provide greater mentoring and support to the Government, the army and the police, so that they may meet the various challenges posed by the crime and unrest within the country and on its eastern borders; (f) Provide all necessary assistance to enable the independent expert to fulfil his complex mandate, taking into account the vastness of the country and the many human rights areas covered by his mandate; (g) Support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for the Democratic Republic of the Congo or, failing that, joint criminal chambers within existing Congolese courts, to hear cases involving crimes committed before 1 July 2002 and/or other serious crimes. -----

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