In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, some 7,000 people have been killed in the escalating violence since January, when Rwanda-backed M23 rebels started seizing major cities. The DRC’s prime minister announced the shocking death toll at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva earlier today, adding another 450,0000 people are without shelter after 90 displacement camps were destroyed by “occupation forces.” This is Congolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka.

Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka: “It is impossible to describe the screams and cries of millions of victims of this conflict — women, girls raped, children displaced and orphaned. Journalists and artists, witnesses to this tragedy, do not have the right to tell us about it. This requires a reinforced and coordinated international response.”

The Congolese prime minister also called on international actors to ensure enforcement of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed Friday which calls on Rwanda’s military to halt its support of M23 and immediately withdraw all troops from the DRC.