MONUSCO expresses serious concern over recent developments in Kananga
KINSHASA, 18 March 2017 – MONUSCO expresses grave concern over reports of renewed violence in Kananga between 14 and 17 March 2017. The Mission has received credible reports of high numbers of deaths in the context of clashes…
Statement by SRSG Maman Sidikou to the Open Session of the UN Security Council
Statement by SRSG Maman Sidikou to the Open Session of the UN Security Council 21 March 2017 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil, Je vous remercie de l’opportunité que vous m’offrez de m’entretenir avec vous…
- Press Conferences
Joint communiqué of the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie on the situation in the Kasaï provinces, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addis Ababa, New York, Brussels and Paris, 27 March 2017: The African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and the International Organisation of La Francophonie continue to follow developments in the…
Statement of the Secretary-General on the death of two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
I am deeply saddened to confirm that the remains discovered by peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on 27 March outside of the city of Kananga in the Congolese Kasaï…
Update on the situation of the two members of the Group of Experts of the United Nations in the Kasais
Kinshasa, March 29, 2017 – As announced by the Secretary General of the United Nations yesterday, the United Nations Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) has confirmed that the bodies located and recovered by MONUSCO peacekeepers on…
Security Council Press Statement on the death of two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two UN experts from the Group of Experts who were monitoring the sanctions regime in the Kasaï Central region of the Democratic Republic of…
DR Congo: Security Council extends peacekeeping mandate, but reduces troop strength
31 March 2017 – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year but reduced the number of troops. In a resolution unanimously…
MONUSCO deplores the ongoing hostilities and escalating violence in the Kasais
KINSHASA, 5 April 2017 – MONUSCO is alarmed by ongoing reports from the Kasai region of escalating violence that is continuing to result in serious human rights violations including an ever growing number of civilian…
The United Nations Secretary-General's Remarks to the Security Council Thematic Debate on the Peacekeeping Operations Review
6 Apr 2017 - Remarks by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, during the Security Council thematic debate entitled Peacekeeping Operations Review. New York, 6 April 2017 United Nations peacekeeping is…
MONUSCO takes note of recent developments in the DRC and stresses the urgent need for strict implementation of the 31 December 2016 agreement
Kinshasa, 9 April 2017 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Congo (MONUSCO), Maman…
- Human Rights
Principales tendances de violations des Droits de l’homme au cours du mois de mars 2017
Durant le mois de mars 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 547 violations des droits de l’homme sur tout le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une hausse importante par rapport au mois de février 2017, au cours duquel 461…
MONUSCO statement following the signing of the Special Arrangements for the implementation of the 31 December Agreement on 27 April under the auspices of the Congolese Parliament
Kinshasa, 29 April 2017: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of MONUSCO, Maman Sidikou, takes note of the latest political developments in the DRC and…