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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 underscored that, 'The only problems identified thus far by MONUC in the…

'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 engages both air and ground units is codenamed 'Thunderstorm.' Altogether, 850…

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 voters will have been registered by the end of the week,' he said, further…

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 on 30th June, I deemed naturally it fit to briefly address this news…

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,' stated the UN mission's acting deputy spokesperson, Rachel Eklou Assogbavi, at…

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 press conference on Wednesday 8 June. MONUC 'understands and shares the grief…

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 by MONUC humanitarian division will be assessing the needs of an estimated 6…

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 Commander of MONUC Forces, General Patrick Cammaert and Chief of MONUC Eastern…

«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 enlightened the public opinion on the method of the organisation of the…

'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 the territories of Djugu and Irumu', MONUC spokesman, Mamadou Bah said…

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, Demobilisation and Reintegration plan known as PN-DDR which the DRC process is…

The Disarmament and Community Reintegration process in Ituri known as DCR « is speeding up » MONUC's spokesman, Mamadou Bah told the news conference. « As of 11 January 2004, 2031 ex-combatants have so far turned over their weapons and 12,664 weapons and ammunition have been collected which is an…