Symbolic destruction of weapons and ammunitions in Goma
Goma, 20 November 2013 – In a special ceremony held on Wednesday 20 November 2013 in Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Celebration of World AIDS Day in Kindu
Kindu, December 2, 2013 - The celebration of the World AIDS Day at Kindu, capital of the Maniema province, on December 1, had two highlights. At the outset, on the eve of the occasion, Saturday, November 30, the office of the…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
16-Day Activism on Violence against Women and Gender-Based Violence for Dungu School Children
Dungu, 4 December 2013 - Within the framework of a 16-day activism on gender-based violence scheduled from 25 November to 10 December 2013, the Child Protection Section of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic…
MONUSCO trains the FARDC on the notion of protection of civilians in North Kivu province
Goma, 9 December 2013 - MONUSCO Civil Affairs section organized a training of 30 officials of the Congolese National Armed Forces (FARDC) on the protection of civilians in Goma, North Kivu province, on 29 November 2013. The…
DRC - “Human Rights Day”, a wakeup call for all to respect Universal Rights” said Kobler
Kinshasa, 10 December 2013: Today marks the celebration of Human Rights Day around world, Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the DRC and Head of MONUSCO declared: “Today we celebrate for the…
First batch of Force Intervention Brigade soldiers awarded the UN peace medal
Goma, 10 December 2013 - A medal parade in honor of the Force Intervention Brigade of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) was organized in Sake, North Kivu province, on 9 December…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
MONUSCO Campaigns against Sexual Violence in Province Orientale
Kisangani, 4 December 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, through its Public Information section, organized, from 25 to 30 November 2013, in Province Oriental’s…
MONUSCO to track down FDLR after M23
Goma, 10 December 2013 - MONUSCO Force Commander Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz said in an exclusive interview to Radio Okapi yesterday that the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) had launched offensive operations against the…
International Team of Special Envoys for the Great Lakes Joint Statement on the Conclusion of the Ka
Kinshasa, 13 December 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…
MONUSCO chief on a two-day visit to Dungu
Dungu, 18 December 2013 – The chief of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Martin Kobler, arrived in Dungu, a city located in the far-north of the Eastern province, in the…
MONUSCO strongly condemns attacks by a group of armed men in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Kindu
Kinshasa, 31 December 2013: The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is gravely concerned by attacks carried out concomitantly by armed men on 30 December 2013, on the…
VIDEO - Martin Kobler (MONUSCO) on DRC - Security Council Media Stakeout (14 January 2014)
14 Jan 2014 - Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo, DRC).