MONUC contributes to restore peace in Bukavu
MONUC hails the implementation of the agreements and resolutions aimed to reach a political solution to the tensions that affected Bukavu. MONUC also hails the Government's concern to find a political solution and expresses…
MONUC rescues 133 passengers aboard barge near Mbandaka
On 7 February Monuc rescued a barge that just began sinking in Maïta, a district situated 56 kilometers from Mbandaka, with approximately 200 passengers on board. MONUC team dispatched to the scene of the disaster the same…
Death of Tunisian Military Contingent Member in Kinshasa
MONUC Tunisian Military Contingent member, Hammouda Ben Hamma Zammazi, passed away this Wednesday, 4 February 2004, in Kinshasa, following heart failure. Caporal Chef Zammazi joined MONUC on 4 October 2003. As a Tunisian…
MONUC evacuates survivors of a shipwreck in Mbandaka
MONUC evacuated approximately 280 passengers on 2 February to Mbandaka after surviving a fire which broke out in a whaleboat on 29 January, in Lukolela, a village situated 150 km South of Mbandaka. Two MONUC speedboats and…
The blast from General Padiri's motorcade is accidental
The 29 January explosion from the motorcade of General Padiri (commander of the 9th military region) in Kisangani is accidental. This is the finding made by the Board of enquiry put in place after the incident, comprising…
MONUC rescues whaleboat disaster victims near Mbandaka
MONUC dispatched two speedboats and one helicopter to Lukolela on Friday, 30 January 2004, 185 km from Mbandaka where a whaleboat carrying approximately 500 people caught fire and sank on 26 January. A preliminary toll…
MONUC funds two Quick Impact Projects in Kisangani
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the DRC, William Lacy Swing, was present at the inauguration of two renovated premises, funded by MONUC Quick Impact Programme, on Friday 23 January 2004…
UPC held accountable for the attacks on the Ituri Brigade
MONUC troops have come under several armed attacks these recent days in Ituri. On Wednesday, 21 January 2004, at about 19 hours, militiamen opened fire on the UN Pakistani peacekeepers in Nizi, 28 km North of Bunia. UN…
Press Briefing - MONUC Chief summons UPC leader to denounce recent attacks on the Ituri Brigade
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the DRC, William Swing, summoned UPC (Union des Patriotes Congolais) leader, Thomas Lubanga, Wednesday to officially apprise him of Monuc indignation at…
The Special Representative condemns the attack on MONUC helicopter in Kasenyi
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, William Lacy Swing, describes the 16 January 2004 attack on MONUC helicopter near Kasenyi village, 50 km South of…
Bunia-Kasenyi road rehabilitated by Monuc and a German NGO
Thirty vehicles covered, Tuesday 13 January, the 48 Km-road linking Bunia to Kasenyi, to mark the official inauguration of the rehabilitated road within the framework of a partnership between MONUC and ?Agro Action Allemande…
It is possible to hold DRC elections in 2005, according to William Swing
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, William Lacy Swing, declared Tuesday in Kinshasa that, as indicated by the UN experts during their recent mission…