(a) To contribute to preventing armed groups operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo from perpetrating killings and other serious crimes by tackling the illicit trade by those armed groups in illegally extracted natural 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, including by preventing support for such armed groups, while fully respecting the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
(a) 协助应对在刚果民主共和国东部活动的武装团伙非法交易非法开采而得的自然资源，处理非法开采自然资源、此类资源的非法贸易与武器扩散和贩运之间的关联，包括防止支持这些武装团伙，以防这些武装团伙实施杀害和其他严重罪行，同时充分尊重刚果民主共和国的主权、统一和领土完整；