1. a) What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)?
b) List the countries that border the DRC.
c) What is the population of the DRC?
d) Who is the president of the DRC?

2. a) How many people are killed every month in the DRC?
b) Approximately how many people have been killed in the DRC since 1998?

3. What basic services are most communities lacking?

4. Why are most criminals never convicted of their crimes, or even arrested?

5. a) What is MONUC?
b) What is the cost of MONUC per year? (Note: The U.S. contributes over $5 billion each year to the U.N.'s yearly budget - the U.S. pays more than 22% of the U.N.'s overall budget)
c) What do you think about the overall effectiveness of MONUC?

6. How does the government promote corruption among the army and other government offices?

7. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is ranked as one of the poorest countries in the world. Yet it has some of the most fertile soil in Africa, and rich mineral deposits. Read the "Background" information below. Considering the situation in the DRC, and the efforts made by the U.N. thus far to save the country, what do you think needs to happen to turn it around and create permanent improvement? Be specific.