Monuc condemns the killing of a Human Rights Activist in Bukavu
MONUC 'strongly condemns the coward killing a human rights activist, Pascal Kabungulu Kibembi in Bukavu last Sunday; The activist was working for an NGO known as 'Héritiers de la justice,' MONUC Deputy Spokesman, Mr. Mamadou…
MONUC expresses satisfaction over voter registration in DRC towns
MONUC 'hails the launch of electoral registration simultaneously in several towns of Eastern Province and Bas-Congo,' Mr. Kemal Saiki, Director of Public Information and MONUC Spokesman told the weekly news conference. He…
MONUC launches an operation codenamed "Thunderstorm" in South Kivu
'MONUC's Thunderstorm operations in South Kivu are proceeding at a quick pace. After the first operations dubbed "Falcon Sweep" and "Iron Fist", launched early July, another operation is now under way. The operation that…
MONUC hails the progress achieved by the DRC Electoral Registration Process
MONUC notes 'encouraging progress made by the DRC electoral registration process,' Mr. Kemal Saiki, Director of Public Information told the weekly news conference. ' With the current pace of registrations, over one million…
Verbatim transcript of press conference: Special representative of the United Nations
Secretary General for the DRC, Mr. William Lacy Swing Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Good morning, In view of the remarkable development of the past few days or weeks and the upcoming Democratic Republic of Congo Independence Day…
MONUC welcomes the adoption by the Parliament of the Law on the Referendum and calls on the
Transitional Government to secure the upcoming elector registration operations Press Briefing - Wednesday, 15 June 2005 'MONUC hails Tuesday's adoption of the Law on the Referendum as a key step in the electoral process,'…
MONUC reiterates its determination to have all the DRC armed groups disarmed and to secure civilians
MONUC will proceed with military operations until 'all the armed groups hand over their weapons and join the reintegration process,' the Mission's military spokesman, lieutenant-colonel Thierry Provendier told the weekly…
MONUC concerned over the massacre in Ihembe in South and the security of its staff elsewhere
Press Briefing of 1 June 2005 The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) is sending a humanitarian mission to the localities of the region of Ihembe, in South Kivu, after a reported massacre of civilians there on May 23. The mission…
MONUC is determined to proceed with actions against Ituri armed groups
MONUC is determined to proceed with actions against Ituri armed groups. MONUC is resolved to « proceed with actions against the armed groups refusing to lay down weapons and integrate the disarmament process», the acting…
MONUC applauds remobilisation of transition's institutions around DRC electoral process
«MONUC applauds the holding of the inter-institutional workshop on the electoral process last week. It is satisfied that most of the transition?s players actively participated in the workshop that issued recommendations that…
MONUC seriously concerned about the situation in two territories of Ituri
'MONUC denounces a destabilisation attempt against Ituri by the troops of the « Union des patriotes congolais led by Thomas Lubanga » known as UPC-L and the « Front des Nationalistes Intégrationnistes FNI, (French acronym) in…
MONUC asks DRC Government to issue messages consistent with the National Disarmament Plan to
Ituri armed groups «MONUC calls for the DRC Government, more particularly the FARDC General Army Staff to issue clear and coherent messages to the Ituri armed groups, in accordance with the objectives of the National…