(d) The continued illegal exploitation of natural resources in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and killings and other serious crimes against civilians committed by groups linked to the mining and trading of those resources, as well as the linkage between the illegal exploitation of natural resources, illicit trade in such resources and the proliferation and trafficking of arms as one of the factors fuelling and exacerbating conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
(d) 与自然资源开采和贸易活动有关的团体继续在刚果民主共和国东部非法开采自然资源，对平民实施杀害和其他严重罪行，而自然资源的非法开采和非法贸易与武器扩散和贩运彼此相关，是助长和加剧刚果民主共和国境内冲突的因素之一；