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The Congolese Round Table Conference, also known as the Round Table Conference of Brussels, was a meeting organized in two parts〔Joseph Kamanda Kimona-Mbinga, ("La stabilité du Congo-Kinshasa: enjeux et perspectives" ) 2004〕 in 1960 in Brussels (January 20 - February 20〔Réseau documentaire international sur la Région des Grands Lacs, ("Des «Dialogues» belgo-congolais aux Dialogues intercongolais 1960-2001: À la recherche de l'unité et de la légitimité en R.D.C." )〕 and April 26-May 16 〔Jules Gérard-Libois, Jean Heinen, ("Belgique Congo - 1960" ) 1993〕) between on the one side representatives of the Congolese political class and chiefs ((フランス語:chefs coutumiers)) and on the other side Belgian political and business leaders.〔 The round table meetings led to the adoption of sixteen resolutions on the future of Belgian Congo and its institutional reforms. With a broad consensus, the date for independence was set on June 30, 1960. == History == The idea for a round table conference was first formulated in 1959 by the Congolese Labour Party (PTC, (フランス語:Parti Travailliste Congolais)).〔Joseph Mbungu Nkandamana, ("L'indépendance du Congo belge et l'avènement de Lumumba" ) 2008〕 It gathered support from the Bakongo Alliance (ABAKO) and the Belgian Socialist Party (PSB).〔 The idea of a bilateral conference aimed at organizing the independence of the Belgian colony was in turn adopted by the minister of Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi August De Schrijver.〔Bernard Laba Nzuzi, ("L'équation congolaise: visiter le passé afin de mieux s'armer pour l'avenir " ) 2007〕 Several factors contributed to this idea taking shape, including: * Grassroots activism around popular figures like Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Patrice Lumumba〔World Perspective Monde - Université de Sherbrooke, ("Proclamation de l'indépendance du Congo Belge" ) 2007〕 * The riots of January 1959 in Léopoldville,〔 the worsening security climate〔 and the rising feeling of insecurity among colonial settlers.〔Pierre Stéphany, ("Les années 60 en Belgique" ) 2006〕 * The general sentiment of the inevitable and irreversible process of the decolonization of Africa.〔Persee - Revues scientifiques, ("L'avènement du Congo belge à l'indépendance" )〕 * Deteriorating local economy (the public debt of the colony rose from 4 to 46 billion Belgian franc between 1949 and 1960).〔Jean I. N. Kanyarwunga, ("République démocratique du Congo: les générations condamnées : déliquescence" )〕 * The failure of King Baudouin's second visit to Belgian Congo in December 1959 which didn't allow the political tensions to be reduced.〔 The creation of a large scale Belgian-Congolese dialogue was also compatible with a speech from Belgian King Baudouin broadcast on January 13, 1959. Where he expressed the desire to "''lead the Congolese populations, without harmful procrastination, but also without thoughtless haste, toward independence, in prosperity, and in peace.''" On January 3, 1960 the Belgian government announced it was convening a round table conference with the goal of helping the Congolese transition from colonial rule to independence.〔 The official opening of negotiations was 17 days later, January 20, with a speech of Prime minister Gaston Eyskens.〔Le Potentiel, ("La table ronde de Bruxelles comparée à la conférence nationale souveraine" ) 1995〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Congolese Round Table Conference」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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