News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The International Day of Peace was celebrated around the world, on 21 September 2004. MONUC commemorated the day beside the Congolese people who have suffered enough because of the war, MONUC spokesman, Mr. Mamadou Bah, said during the UN Mission?s weekly news conference. To mark the UN…

The Special Representatives of the United Nations Secretary-General for the DRC?s activities, Ituri Disarmament and Community Reintegration process and humanitarian situation following the recent massive displacement of eastern DRC populations were the highlights of MONUC weekly news conference on…

UN hails the release of MONUC peacekeeper of Moroccan contingent The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan declares himself satisfied with the release on Monday of Rashid Zahidi, a MONUC peacekeeper of Moroccan contingent; the peacekeeper was kidnapped on 2 September 2004. The Head of MONUC…

Launching of Disarmament and Community Reintegration Programme of the Ituri armed groups 'DRC'. The Disarmament programme was launched on 1st September 2004, Patricia Tomé, Head of MONUC Public Information announced during MONUC's weekly news conference in Kinshasa on Wednesday. The programme was…

The United Nations Security Council opens debate, this Wednesday in New York, on the new MONUC mandate and deployment strategy for which the UN Secretary-General requested that the Mission?s strength be doubled from 1st October, Ms. Patricia Tome, Head of MONUC Public Information told the News…

Gatumba massacre Renewed tension in the Great Lakes region after the killing of over 160 Congolese refugees in Gatumba during the night of Friday to Saturday, gives cause for serious concern to the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) which called for a sense of…

MONUC special report on human rights situation in Ituri, the humanitarian situation in Kivu, the alarming epidemiological situation in the Kivus and the Special Representative?s activities are the highlights of the MONUC weekly news conference on Wednesday. The Human Rights situation in the Ituri…

The situation remains tense in eastern DRC, declared MONUC spokesman, Hamadoun Toure, during the Mission?s weekly conference on Wednesday. He reported skirmishes and troops movements in the region. « The situation is not reassuring, which makes MONUC wonders. Transitional actors should as well…

Press conference of July 28, 2004 *Original in French MONUC will not leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 1st, 2004, when its current mandate expires. Consultations are under way within the Security Council in order to extend the existing mandate for two months, until October 1st, a…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo, William Lacy Swing, leaves Kinshasa this Thursday for New York for consultations about the Mission?s mandate, MONUC spokesman, Hamadoun Touré told the Mission?s weekly news conference on…

MONUC examines the terms of reference for the DRC-Rwanda Verification Mechanism The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has already initiated a study of the terms of reference for the Verification Mechanism to address the conflicts between the DRC and Rwanda, MONUC…

Progress is being made in the preparation of elections, MONUC electoral unit says Preparations for the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, scheduled for June 2005 have made some real progress, the head of the UN electoral Unit in DRC, Mr. Ali Diabacté, declared on Wednesday during the…