What was decided at the 1960 Brussels Round Table Conference on Congo’s future?

In January 1960, the Belgian government convened the Brussels Round Table Conference, inviting a broad spectrum of nationalist organizations to address the growing political turbulence in the colony.12

The primary objective of the conference was to determine the conditions for a viable transfer of power from Belgian colonial administration to the Congolese people. The resulting agreement functioned as an experiment in what has been described as instant decolonization. This process moved rapidly, leading to the formal independence of the Congo just six months later, on June 30, 1960.12