Security Council, UN: In presidential statement
Security Council, UN: In presidential statement, security council expresses 'serious concern' over reported incursion into democratic republic of congo by elements of rwandan army also condemns impediments to freedom of…
Death of Uruguayan contingent's Peacekeeper in Bukavu
A Uruguayan contingent's peacekeeper based in Bukavu passed away Thursday 13 May 2004 following a heart attack. Sergeant William Aparicio Ferreira Cassini, 49 years old, was married and father of five children. He joined…
MONUC's Chief urges Ituri armed Groups to join the Peace Process
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. William Lacy Swing, urged the representatives of the Ituri active armed groups to actively and unequivocally join…
Ten FNI militiamen killed in Ituri following clashes with peacekeepers in Kombokabo
A routine patrol of the Ituri Brigade was ambushed early Friday near Kombokabo village, 25 kilometres south west of Bunia, along the Bunia - Marabo axis. A militia group of the Front Nationaliste Intégrationniste (FNI) opened…
Probe launched into sexual abuse allegations against UN mission staff in DR of Congo
7 May 2004 - The United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has launched a comprehensive investigation into reported instances of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of civilians…
Monuc press release
On Friday, 23 April 2004, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. William Swing, sent official letters to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda and…
MONUC verifies allegations on armed incursions into Rwanda
MONUC acquaints itself with public declarations and accusations on incursions of FDLR gunmen into Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi. MONUC expresses serious concerns and says if it turned out, upon…
William Swing received by Gabonese President in Libreville
The Gabonese President, Omar Bongo Ondimba, received the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo, William Lacy Swing on Tuesday, 13 April 2004, in Libreville, Gabon…
Two MONUC peacekeepers killed in car accident in Uganda
Two peacekeepers of the Nepali Battalion deployed to Mahagi in Ituri were killed yesterday, Sunday, 11 April, mid-day in a road accident, 18 km East of Nebbi in Uganda. The accident, which left two dead and three injured…
MONUC returns fire in Kisangani
Following a report received on Monday, 5 April 2004, indicating the presence of a weapon and ammunition-loaded truck at a residence in Kisangani, MONUC dispatched a group of approximately 30 soldiers to the site to verify the…
6 peacekeepers killed in Accident near Goma
Six MONUC peacekeepers of the South African contingent were killed Tuesday, 6 April 2004, when their armoured vehicle accidentally fell into Lake Kivu in an attempt to avoid an oncoming vehicle. Another five military staff…
Message on the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda
The genocide in Rwanda should never have happened. But it did. Neither the UN Secretariat, nor the Security Council, nor Member States in general, nor the international media, paid enough attention to the gathering signs of…