Pinga: The FARDC repulse the FDLR with MONUC’s support
Kinshasa, 13 March 2009 - On the night of the 12/13 March 2009, two groups of FDLR combatants attacked a DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) base, east of the locality of Pinga. With the support of MONUC forces, the FARDC repulsed the attackers who retreated to the surrounding forest. There was no loss of life…
DRC and Ugandan authorities acknowledge MONUC’s assistance
Kinshasa, 16 March 2009 - Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, took part in a ceremony in Dungu yesterday, marking the departure from the DRC of the Ugandan army, three months after the beginning of the operation "thunderclap," aimed at ending the activities of…
Repatriation of FDLR combatants on the increase in the Kivus
Kinshasa, March 16, 2009 - Mr. Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, is pleased with the clear increase in the number of voluntary repatriation of combatants of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), and the their dependents during the second…
Alan Doss underlines the need to have a well trained, equipped and paid police force
Kinshasa, 20 March 2009 - Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC took part in a ceremony in Kinshasa today, a presentation of certificates to 15 Congolese National Police (PNC) instructors who successfully completed a training programme organised by MONUC Police…
MONUC welcomes the signature of the agreements between the government and the Kivu armed groups
Kinshasa, 23 March 2009 - Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, assisted today 20 March with the signature in Goma of peace agreements between the Congolese government and the National congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), as well…
MONUC shares the concerns of Oxfam
Kinshasa, 10 April 2009 - Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN secretary General in the DRC shares the concerns of Oxfam on the displacements of people and humanitarian conditions in North Kivu province. MONUC again reaffirms its engagement to work in close cooperation with the FARDC (DRC…
Alan Doss greets the verdicts of the military court in Walikale
Kinshasa, 28 April 2009 - Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General of the United Nations in the DRC, greets the decisions last week, of the military garrison court of Goma that sat in an open audience in Walikale, North Kivu province. The court has, during four separate lawsuits…
MONUC helps the FARDC to return security to Butolonga
Kinshasa, 10 May 2009 - Alan Doss, Special representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, firmly condemns the latest criminal act perpetrated by troops of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in Butolonga. "This act is another example of the criminal character of this…
MONUC continues its assistance efforts to the Busunguri massacre victims
Kinshasa, 15 May 2009 - A multidisciplinary MONUC evaluation team (comprising of human rights, child protection and civil affairs experts), has been dispatched since 12 May last to the borders of the territories of Walikale and Kalehe, in the border zone between North and South Kivu. They returned…
The FARDC and MONUC reinforce the coordination of operations against the FDLR
Goma, 7 June 2009 - Within the framework of the joint directive on Operation Kimia II DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) MONUC, the DRC Minister of Defence and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General made an evaluation visit in South and North Kivu on 6 June last. A final work meeting took…
Alan Doss condemns the illegal and forced release of a condemned prisoner
Kinshasa, 7 June 2009 - Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, condemns the illegal and forced release of a prisoner in the central prison of Goma following the intimidation of the authorities of the State by about sixty heavily armed troops, who besieged the…
MONUC condemns the attack on its military observers in Buta
Kinshasa, 8 June 2009 - Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, condemns the attack today against MONUC military observers in Buta. "This criminal attack against peacekeepers cannot be justified, and we want the authorities to open an investigation quickly so that…