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 in September 2003. Procedures are ongoing for the transfer of his body to…
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 the Ituri pacification process. In a speech delivered Monday on the occasion…
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 fire on Peacekeepers for the Bangladeshi contingent. Reinforcements…
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, including minors, by its personnel in Bunia, in the northeastern part of the…
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 of the Democratic Republic of Congo, regarding the alleged attacks…
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 verifications that the statement on the incursions was true, they would…
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. Both personalities reviewed the ongoing situation in the DRC. The Special…
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, occurred as the vehicle, after having front and rear tyres bursts, went out of…
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 allegations. The residence in question belongs to the Deputy Commander of…
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 members managed to climb out of the armoured vehicle. One of them was…
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 disaster. Eight hundred thousand men, women and children were abandoned to…
MONUC peacekeeper dies of cardiac insufficiency
MONUC peacekeeper dies of cardiac insufficiency MONUC peacekeeper of the Bangladeshi contingent passed away Thursday 1st April 2004 in Pretoria, South Africa, following cardiac insufficiency. The Warrant Officer Ahmed Farid Uddin was admitted into Pretoria hospital on 22 March 2004 as a result of…