/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Press conference - Tuesday December 2 - Church delegation from the Congo (DRC) in Ottawa - Canada should take a more active role in promoting peace/

    MONTREAL, Dec. 1 /CNW Telbec/ - A delegation of Congolese Catholic church
leaders will call on Canada to take a more active role in promoting an end to
the conflict in the Congo and to contribute to reinforcement of the UN
Peacekeeping Mission.
    They will also invite the UN to reopen investigations into the illegal
trade in minerals and its links to the conflict in the DRC.
    The delegation of three will hold a press conference in Ottawa onTuesday, December 2
                                    11 AM
                           Charles-Lynch Press Room
                     130-S Centre Block - Parliament HillMembers of this delegation are:

    Bishop Fridolin Ambongo, Diocese of Bokungu Ikela, President of the DRC
    Episcopal Justice and Peace Commission
    Bishop Fulgence Muteba, Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga, President of the
    Episcopal Commission on Social Communications
    Sister Marie-Bernard Alima Mbalula, Secretary General of the DRC
    Episcopal Justice and Peace Commission

    Their message will be supported by Most Reverend Brendan O'Brien,
Archbishop of Kingston, and President of the Social Affairs Commission of the
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, and by Archbishop Roger Ebacher,
Archbishop of Gatineau, who travelled to the Congo with Development and Peace.
    Paul Dewar, MP (NDP Critic Foreign Affairs and Vice Chair of the
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Other Crimes
Against Humanity) and Keith Martin, MP (Liberal) will also speak at the press
conference. Members of the Congolese delegation will speak in French, and the
two MPs will speak in English.

For further information: Media contacts: In Montreal: François Gloutnay,
Development and Peace, [phone] ext. 318, [e-mail]; In
Ottawa, Tuesday, December 2: Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, Development and Peace,
Cell phone: [phone], [e-mail], (Montreal office:
[phone] ext. 307)