News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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 implemented by the NGO CAIDECO the project's purpose is to support the local…

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, in the presence of the SRSG Alan Doss, the DSRSG Sarassoro, and heads of…

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 bridge which has now put an end to years of struggle. The little village of…

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 the renovation of the Territory administrative office, as promised by the…

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 bear the title "United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the…

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 event Olamide Adedeji head of MONUC's Public Information department greeted…

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 be approximately 150 km long with 30 km completed so far. Used by trucks…

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's 24 districts. Recalling the DRC's membership in the United Nations…

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 Kivu, and senior MONUC representatives who laid wreaths during the memorial…

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 the Congo (DRC), burying at least 46 people "Our aim is to take care of the…

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 Nations mission there, whose mandate expires at the end of the month. "We are not…

Kinshasa, 14 May 2010- Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) have touched the lives of many thousands of Congolese people all over the country. Since 2001 the mission has received a modest budget of $1million each year to undertake small community based projects to enhance MONUC's relationship with the local…