A UN mission in DRC to assess electoral assistance to DRC
Kinshasa, 3 August 2010 - A delegation from the Electoral Assistance Division of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs has been in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since July 25, in…
MONUSCO and UNMAC destroy 390 small arms and a large amount of ammunition
Goma, 2 August 2010 - The DDRRR Section of MONUCSCO and its partners destroyed 390 small arms (Kalashnikov, machine guns, etc) collected from FDLR fighters who have joined the demobilization process. The weapons were…
MONUSCO and partners discuss security sector reform
Kinshasa, 30 July 2010 - On 20 July 2010, an important working meeting brought together the Security Sector Reform Section of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)…
Equator : MONUSCO enhances media capacity in North Ungi
Mbandaka, 28 July 2010 - MONUSCO Public Information Office held, from 20 to 22 July,.a two-day seminar for Media professionals in Gbadolite, North Ubangi District. The participants were very appreciative and expressed a warm…
Indian Blue Helmets shore-up FARDC families and people of Kiwanja
Goma, 27 July 2010 - MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade Commander, Kumar Sharma, inaugurated a Quick Impact Project (QIP) "Vocational Training Centre for the families of FARDC" and presented to FARDC authorities at Rutshuru during an…
Military ceremony at MONUSCO welcoming Mission’s new chief
Kinshasa, 26 July 2010 - A military ceremony was held this morning at 8 a.m. at MONUC headquarters in Kinshasa, to welcome Roger A. Meece, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the…
MONUSCO sets up temporary operating bases in Beni, North Kivu
Beni, 20 July 2010 - MONUSCO has established a temporary operating base (TOB) and is planning to set up another one in the area affected by the military operations being conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic…
Equateur: MONUSCO supports the press corps in North Ubangi
Mbandaka, 14 July 2010 – Within the framework of its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme, the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) recently inaugurated a press…
Farewell ceremony for Tunisian contingent.
Kinshasa, 14 July 2010- The United Nations Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in the DRC, Leila Zerrougui, the Tunisian Ambassador to the DRC, and the MONUSCO Deputy Force Commander attended a ceremony in…
MONUSCO and the civil society approaching end of sensitization campaign in Kinshasa.
Kinshasa, 9 July 2010 - After 3 successful months MONUSCO and representatives of the Congolese civil society symposium's monitoring cell are now approaching the end of a joint sensitization campaign conducted in Kinshasa's 24…
The Deputy Special Representative on mission to Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi, 10 July 2010 - Ms Leila Zerrougui, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC and acting head of MONUSCO, presided over the closing of a campaign against impunity for sexual…
Ban Ki-moon meets with the civil society
Kinshasa, 5 July 2010 - During his short visit to DRC, UN Secretary-General met with the Congolese civil society at the Mission's headquarters to whom he said: "a vibrant civil society is essential for stability (...)…