Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Security Council on 28 July July: see month. 2003 extended the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC MONUC Mission de l'Organisation de Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (French: United Nations Observer Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) ) for 12 months, until 30 July 2004. It also decided to raise the MONUC troop level to 10,800 and instituted a 12-month arms embargo An arms embargo is an embargo that applies to weaponry. It may also include "dual use" items. An arms embargo may serve one or more purposes: - to signal disapproval of behavior by a certain actor,
- to maintain neutral standing in an ongoing conflict, or
in the eastern part of the country.
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