- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
United Nations Peacekeepers: deploying tireless efforts for peace in the DR Congo
Kinshasa, 29 May 2013 – United Nations Peacekeepers are, for obvious reasons, well known by the Congolese population. They have indeed been part of their daily lives for several decades and, in large population centres or…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Celebration of the International Day of Peacekeepers in Kindu, Maniema province
Kindu, 29 May 2013 – In Kindu, the administrative capital of Maniema province in Eastern DRC, the UN peacekeepers' Day was commemorated with a relative splendor. Under the theme: "UN Peacekeeping Day: Adapting to New…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
UN Peacekeepers’ Day Commemorated without pomp in Kisangani, Orientale province
Kisangani, 31 May 2013 – The UN Peacekeepers' Day was celebrated in Kisangani, Orientale province, on 29 May 2013, with simple military activities and a reading of the UN Secretary-General's message, in which he paid tribute…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
UN Peacekeepers’ Day in Kasaï Occidental
Kananga, 29 May 2013 – In Kasaï Occidental province, the Joint Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), like other peacekeeping missions, marked the…
Congolese police in Eastern Province sensitized on their role of protecting civilian population
Kisangani, 31 May 2013 – "Police responsibility and fight against violence on women and young girls in DRC" is the theme of a sensitization campaign for the Congolese National Police Force (PNC) organized in Kisangani on…
Second training cycle for Congolese National Police members completed in Kasaï Occidental province
Kananga, 31 May 2013 - A training session for 300 senior and junior members of the Congolese National Police Force including 53 women ended on 31 May 2013 at a provincial police precinct in Kananga, Kasai Occidental province…
MONUSCO and its partners reflect on how to improve detention conditions at prisons in province
Kisangani, 3 June 2013 – The two main prisons of the Eastern province, including the central prison of Kisangani, the administrative capital, and Osio prison no longer meet the minimal safety and treatment standards required…
Bunia’s women made aware of MONUSCO’s new mandate
Bunia, 3 June 2013 – In Bunia, Ituri district, the Public Information section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the Government's…
The UN concerned over 53 children at risk of being retaken by the M23 in Nyiragongo, North Kivu
Kinshasa, 10 June 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms…
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs visits DR Congo
Goma, 31 May 2013 - The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-wha Kang, visited the Democratic Republic of Congo on 30 May 2013. Her mission was…
UNSG Ban Ki-moon appoints Martin Kobler of Germany as his Special Representative in the DRC
New York, 10 June 2013 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Martin Kobler of Germany as his Special Representative for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the…
Lweli and Makola communities reconcile in Maniema Province
Kinshasa, 10 June 2013 - MONUSCO, the UN mission in the DR Congo, organized a workshop from 3 to 5 June 2013 in Kindu, Maniema province, in a bid to reconcile the Lweli and Makola communities from the cluster villages of…