Departure of the first batch of MONUC soldiers
Kisangani, 16 June 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN, Alan Doss paid a visit to Kisangani with the MONUC Force Commander General Babacar Gaye on June 16, 2010 to bid farewell to the first…
Kinshasa: Inauguration of a QIPs in Lemba Commune
Kinshasa, 10 June 2010 - On June 8, DSRSG Fidèle Sarassoro inaugurated a QIPs project aimed at upgrading the local administrative office's furniture and computing material. Initiated by MONUC's Civil Affairs section and…
DRC commits to implement Security Council Resolution 1325
Kinshasa, 11 June 2010 - The Global Open day on Partnerships for Peace in the DRC tagged "Women Perspectives in Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peace building in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)" was held June, 10…
Equateur: MONUC builds a bridge in Bokengia territory
Mbandaka, 8 June 2010 - In the absence of a bridge for decades now, every rainy season the two communes of Bokengia and Ibonzi in Equateur province have been cut off from each other. MONUC has financed the construction of a…
MONUC rehabilitating two important buildings in Dungu
Dungu, 4 June 2010 - « The entire population is delighted with the remarkable support of MONUC who has now restored the state authority that had almost ceased to exist in Dungu" said the president of the civil society after…
Security Council- From MONUC to MONUSCO
New York, 28 May 2010- Extending the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) until 30 June 2010 today, the Security Council also decided that from 1 July it would…
Celebration of the International Peacekeeper’s day
Kinshasa, 29 May 2010- Around 400 people attended the event held on Friday May 28 at the Bomoto Youth Centre in Bulumbu district, jointly organized by the MONUC and the United Nations Association of Kinshasa. Starting the…
Indonesian and Nepalese blue helmets are jointly building a road from Dungu to Faradje.
Dungu, 28 May 2010- High expectations are put in the road currently being built between the two remote cities. Expected to unlock Dungu's and it's surrounding's relative isolation and to stimulate economy in the area it will…
Thousands of people in Kinshasa get introduced to the United Nations Charter
Kinshasa, 19 May 2010- From 4th to 12th May, MONUC Public Information Division in partnership with the Catholic School Teachers Union (SYNECAT), organised the second phase of the campaign to sensitise people in 14 of Kinshasa…
Memorial service for fallen Indian Peacekeeper.
Goma, 26 May 2010- A memorial ceremony has been held in Goma for Corporal Naik Husan Lal, an Indian Peacekeeper killed near Kiwanja on Sunday. The ceremony was attended by Mr. Kaindo Mutete, Minister of Security for North…
UN peacekeepers rush to aid of landslide victims in eastern DR Congo
Kinshasa, 19 May 2010 – United Nations peacekeepers today rushed in all-terrain vehicles and other relief after an overflowing river caused a landslide on the slopes of a major volcano in the eastern Democratic Republic of…
Security Council set to review mandate of UN force
Kinshasa, 17 May 2010 – Members of the Security Council have wrapped up what they called an "extremely intense" listening tour in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to study options for the future of the United…