In accordance with the Award of February 9, 2004 (“Award”) para. 23, the dispute between Mr. Patrick Mitchell (“Claimant”) of the law firm “Mitchell & Associates” and the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC” or “Respondent”) “relates to the intervention ordered by the Military Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo and executed on March 5, 1999 when the premises housing Mr. Mitchell's firm were put under seals, documents qualified as compromising and other items were seized, the employees of the firm were forced to leave the premises and two lawyers, Mr. Risasi and Mr. Djunga, were put into prison. These individuals remained incarcerated until the day of their release by a decision of the Military Court on November 12, 1999, which also ordered the removal of the seals placed on the premises of Mr. Mitchell's firm.”