Roger Meece inaugurates a new birth center and a rehabilitated road stretch in Ituri
Bunia, 20 October 2012 – On 19 October 2012, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Roger Meece, inaugurated a newly built birth center for the population of…
MONUSCO, UN agencies celebrate United Nations Day in Province Orientale
Kisangani, 29 October 2012 – On the occasion of the United Nations Day celebration on 24 October, the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and agencies of the UN system gathered in Kisangani…
MONUSCO expands Songololo prison, Bas-Congo, by adding two wings
Songololo, 31 October 2012 - Two new wings added to Songololo prison, located in the "district des Cataractes", some 70 km from Matadi, capital of Bas-Congo province, were inaugurated on Wednesday, 31 October. The new cell…
DDR/RR conducts training and sensitization in Goma
Goma, 8 November 2012 - The Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) Division of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) ended a two…
Training of 300 Congolese officers in Kasaï Occidental
Kananga, 8 November 2012 - The second session of a six-month basic training in community policing techniques began this Tuesday, 6 November 2012 in Kananga, the provincial capital of Kasaï Occidental with 300 officers of the…
Strong Engagement for the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325
Kinshasa, 8 November 2012 – In collaboration with the Gender Affairs section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the Congolese government and the United…
World Bank officials visit Goma
Goma, 12 November 2012 – On 6 and 7 November 2012, a World Bank delegation led by Luigi Giovine, Lead Operations Officer in DRC, carried out an assessment mission in Nord Kivu. This visit, which was organized with the support…
MONUSCO provides assistance to deprived children of Kisangani
Kisangani, 9 November 2012 – In Kisangani, Province Orientale, the United Nations Day (on 24 October) was celebrated on 7 November. On that occasion, the Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the…
In eastern DRC, Roger Meece attends a destruction of weapons and ammunitions
Goma, 10 November 2012 - On 26 October 2012, Mr. Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mr. Alexandre Luba Ntambo, Vice-Prime Minister and Defense Minister…
MONUSCO supports the holding of the provincial committee’s 1st meeting in Kisangani
Kisangani, 9 November 2012 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) facilitated the holding on 5 November of the first meeting of the Provincial Committee on…
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Specialized unit to fight sexual violence in Mbuji-Mayi
Mbuji Mayi, 13 November 2012 – The public prosecutor's office in Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï Oriental province, located at the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has now a specialized unit as part of the fight against sexual…
Civil society in Bas-Congo seeking a facelift
Matadi, 14 November 2012 – A three-day workshop opened on 14 November 2012 in Matadi, Bas-Congo province, to address issues concerning civil society, such as capacity-building, restructuring of thematic groups and the holding…