I. Introduction
1 . The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2211 (2015), in which the Council requested me to report on the implementation of the commitments under the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region.1 It covers developments since the issuance of my report of 13 March 2015 (S/2015/173) and provides information on peace and security developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region until 15 September 2015.
II. Recent developments
A . Political and security developments
2 . The implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework continued to face challenges during the reporting period, notwithstanding the relative progress described in section III of the present report. Those challenges include the continuing presence of armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR), the Allied Democratic Forces, the Forces de résistance patriotiques de l’Ituri and other armed groups; and the slow progress in the implementation of the Nairobi Declarations, which concluded the Kampala Dialogue between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the former Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) rebel movement. The political and security situation in the region was also significantly affected by the crisis in Burundi.