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:The appeal--by such groups as [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW), [[Friends of the Earth]] (FoE), [[Oxfam]], and the [[International Human Rights Law Group]]--charges that multinational corporations (MNCs) have developed "elite networks" of key political, military, and business elites to plunder the Congo's natural resources during a five-year conflict that has caused the deaths of more than three million people--the highest civilian death toll of any war since World War II.
:The groups' appeal comes on the eve of the [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=8706&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo final report of a Panel of Experts ] that was established by the UN in 2000 to study the illegal exploitation of the DRC's abundant natural resources.
Also see [[Pax Americana, Africa]].
