News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

MONUC and DRC Government officials paid glowing tributes to MONUC Force Commander, General Mountaga Diallo, on 16 December 2003, during a farewell party in his honor on the occasion of his departure from the Mission. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the…

MONUC Force Commander, General Mountaga Diallo declared Wednesday, in a press briefing marking the end of his nearly four-year mandate, that the DRC peace process and MONUC deployment were making good progress. During this MONUC last press briefing for the year 2003, General Diallo described his…

Statement on Haiti Earthquake The powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti Tuesday 12 January 2010 is indeed a major disaster and unparalleled event for the people of Haiti. The headquarters of the UN Mission in Port-au-Prince (MINUSTAH) has been seriously damaged and several UN staff members are…

Madnodje Mounoubai, spokesperson: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen In view of recent developments that have caused further debate on the role and action of MONUC to protect civilians, support the FARDC and the efforts to eliminate the threat of armed groups, we will devote this press conference to…

Kinshasa May 19, 2009- The delegation of the United Nations Security Council arrived yesterday in Kinshasa via Goma in North Kivu, and left the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo after meeting with high-level officials of the DRC, including President Joseph Kabila Kabange. During a press…

Sylvie van den Wildenberg, ad interim - Bonjour à toutes et à tous et merci pour votre fidélité à ce rendez-vous hebdomadaire de l'information avec la MONUC. Bonjour également aux auditeurs de Radio Okapi. Au cours de cette conférence de presse, nous évoquerons successivement les derniers efforts de…

Michel Bonnardeaux, Bureau du Porte-parole et des Relations avec les Médias. Bonjour à toutes et à tous et merci pour votre fidélité à ce rendez-vous hebdomadaire de l'information avec la MONUC. Bonjour également aux auditeurs de Radio Okapi. Lors de cette conférence de presse nous élaborerons les…

The weekly News conference of Wednesday 3rd May 2006 was held by Kemal Saiki, Director of Public Information and the Mission's spokesman; the Deputy Director of MONUC Human Rights Division, Sonia Bakar; Lieutenant-colonel Frédéric Médard (Military Spokesman) and Jean-Tobie Okala, MONUC Deputy…

The Wednesday, 19 April 2006 news conference was held by Kemal Saïki, Director of MONUC Public Information and the Mission's Spokesman along with Lieutenant-colonel Frederic Médard, military Spokesman. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, Listeners of Radio okapi Good morning and welcome to our weekly…

The press conference of Wednesday 12 April 2006 was held by Mr. Mounoubai Manodje, Deputy Spokesman a.i., and Lieutenant-colonel Frédéric Médard, MONUC military spokesman. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, Listeners of Radio Okapi Good morning and welcome to our weekly meeting. You are already…

The weekly news conference of Wednesday 05 April 2006 was held by the Director of MONUC Public Information, the Mission's Spokesperson, Mr. Kemal Saiki; the acting Deputy Spokesperson, Mr. Mounoubai Madnodje and Mr. Luc Henkinbrant, coordinator of the Justice Unit of MONUC Human Rights Section. Also…

This Wednesday weekly press conference was jointly held by MONUC deputy spokesperson, Rachel Eklou-Assogbavi and Colonel Bergeron, deputy Chief of Staff. The overall situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has remained calm, though there are still some tensions in Nord-Kivu. MONUC has been…