MONUSCO trains FARDC officers in Dungu on how to use GPS equipment
Dungu, 8 October 2013 – Congolese armed Force (FARDC) officers In Dungu, Haut-Uélé district, in the Eastern province were trained by the Guatemalan peacekeepers of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of…
Martin Kobler and Mary Robinson condemn new attack by the M23 against a UN Helicopter
Kinshasa, 18 October 2013: The head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mary Robinson, strongly condemned a new attack by the M23 against an unarmed MONUSCO helicopter, the second in…
MONUSCO deplores lack of progress on the Minova case
Kinshasa, 19 October 2013: MONUSCO deplores the lack of progress in prosecuting the perpetrators of gross violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including mass rape, committed in November 2012 in…
International Team of Special Envoys for the Great Lakes Joint Statement on Kampala Dialogue
Kampala, 21 October 2013: Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson, U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) Russ Feingold, Special…
Last batch of Malawi troops now in Goma for the UN Force Intervention Brigade
Goma, 21 October 2013 - The last batch of the Malawi troops committed to the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade arrived in Goma, North Kivu province, on 7 October 2013. They will be part of the 3000- strong force to which…
MONUSCO alarmed by child recruitment in DRC
Kinshasa, 23 October 2013: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO, is extremely concerned over persistent reports of child recruitment by armed groups in the DRC and…
MONUSCO extremely concerned about renewed fighting in the east of DRC
Kinshasa, 25 October 2013: MONUSCO is extremely concerned about the resumption of hostilities between the FARDC and the M23 in the Kibumba area, province of North Kivu. “I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint. I…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, condemns gross human rights violations committed by Mayi-Mayi Cheka
Kinshasa, 26 October 2013: The MONUSCO strongly condemns the multiple attacks perpetrated against civilians by elements of the Mayi-Mayi Cheka armed group, in some instances jointly with Raïa Mutomboki combatants, in several…
Joint statement of SESG M. Robinson and SRSG Kobler
Kinshasa, 26 October 2013: Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region Robinson and Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kobler are concerned by the ongoing…
Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO condemns strongly M23 following the loss of one peacekeeper
Kinshasa, 27 October 2013: One peacekeeper died today following fightings with M23 in Kiwanja. “I am outraged by this tragic news. The soldier died while protecting the people of Kiwanja. This deserves my deepest respect. I…
Joint statement by the Great Lakes Envoys on the M23 situation
Mary Robinson, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region, Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Head of MONUSCO, Boubacar…
Martin Kobler warns all armed groups not to take advantage of the security situation in eastern DRC
Kinshasa, 4 November 2013: Special Representative of the Secretary General to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Head of the United Nations Mission to the DRC (MONUSCO), Martin Kobler, expressed his deep concern about the…