As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to work towards genuine peace and national reconciliation, a joint United Nations team is coordinating a series of meetings underway in Pretoria, where Congolese parties are pressing ahead with efforts to bolster a recent peace accord. Under the auspices of the joint UN/South Africa mediation team, two technical committees met for the first time in Pretoria as part of the follow-up to the 17 December signing of a comprehensive power-sharing agreement.