DR Congo: The members of the Security Council stressed the crucial importance of peaceful, credible, inclusive and timely presidential elections
The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concerns about the violent clashes between protestors and security forces that took place in Kinshasa and several other locations in the Democratic Republic of the…
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DRC: Zeid warns of deteriorating situation, urges accountability for deadly clashes
GENEVA (22 September 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday issued a strong warning about the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and insisted that, as…
Sensitization of Youth on Pacification, Social Dialogue and Peaceful co-existence in Kibirizi – North Kivu
Goma – 21 September 2016: MONUSCO Civil Affairs Section in collaboration with the North Kivu Provincial Ministry of Interior through its Support Unit for Pacification and the Catholic diocesan youth center in Goma have…
“MONUSCO has no hidden agenda”!
The statement was made by the chief of MONUSCO-Uvira interim sub-office in a special press briefing held on Monday 26 September at the UN Mission/Uvira headquarters in response to the persisting rumors that the Mission was…
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Remarks by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council on the DR Congo
Geneva, 27 September 2016 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, For 20 years the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been a partner of the Congolese people and authorities. A long…
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Situation of human rights and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 30/26, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports on the human rights situation and the activities of the United Nations Joint…
Visit of Princess Caroline of Monaco and Brazilian Ambassador to Kitchanga
The Princess of Monaco Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline and the Brazilian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo His Excellency Paoulo UCHOA have visited the Internal Displaced Persons camp in Mungote in Kitchanga…
Inauguration of Congolese National Police (PNC) Health Centre constructed by MONUSCO in Rutshuru
Rutshuru, 28 September, 2016 – The North Kivu Provincial Commissioner of Police, General Awachango Vital, and the representative of MONUSCO’s Goma Head of Office, Joseph Balironda, have hailed the construction of a brand new…
Infographic on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
The management of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel in peace operations is a complicated matter. Several actors are involved and many steps have to be taken. More than often we have struggled to…
Political polarization in DR Congo may spark ‘large-scale violence,’ UN envoy warns Security Council
11 October 2016 – Warning of an extremely fragile political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where “actors on all sides appear more and more willing to resort to violence to achieve their ends,” the…
Statement by the Head of MONUSCO, Maman Sambo Sidikou, to the UN Security Council
11 October 2016 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil de sécurité, Je vous remercie de l'opportunité qui m'est offerte de vous entretenir sur la situation en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Je…
UN Member States set to appoint next Secretary-General
12 October 2016 – The General Assembly tomorrow is expected to act on the recommendation of the Security Council regarding the appointment of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations; last week, the Council forwarded…