To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood that the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will use funds levied from the mining industry to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in that country.
Answered on
20 March 2018
The UK Government will continue to strongly encourage the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to increase their own commitments to the humanitarian crisis in the country, including funds generated from the sale of minerals. Currently there is a low willingness and ability on the DRC side to do this, given the lack of transparency in the management and oversight of the mining sector.
We will do this in conjunction with other international partners, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. We will raise this directly at the upcoming UN Donor Conference on the DRC, to be held in Geneva on the 13th April 2018.