The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahama
Statement of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union on the publication of the Electoral Calendar in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addis Ababa, 7 November 2017: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, notes with satisfaction the publication by the Independent National Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of…
Ms. Kim Bolduc of Canada - Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
Ms. Kim Bolduc of Canada - Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Kim Bolduc of Canada as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the…
Joint Communique - The African Union and the United Nations welcome the publication of the electoral calendar in the DRC and urge for consensus on the electoral process
Addis Ababa, 9th November, 2017: The African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail Chergui, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, and the Secretary-General’s…
An aerial view of the town of Kananga in DRC’s Kasaï-Central province outside which the remains of the two experts were found. (File) Photo: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani
DR Congo: Security Council underscores need to bring killers of UN experts to justice
7 November 2017 – Reiterating the need to bring to justice the killers of two United Nations expert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council urged the country’s authorities to continue to cooperate with…
MONUSCO calls for the respect of the freedom to demonstrate in a peaceful and restrained manner
MONUSCO calls for the respect of the freedom to demonstrate in a peaceful and restrained manner
Kinshasa, 14 November 2017 – At a time when several political and civil society organizations are calling for demonstrations across the entire Democratic Republic of the Congo, starting on 15 November, the United Nations…
Woman peacekeeper wins the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year award
New York/Vancouver, 15 November 2017 – A UN peacekeeper from South Africa was today awarded the United Nations’ Military Gender Advocate of the Year in Vancouver, Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Under…
- Human Rights
Principales tendances des violations des droits de l’homme en octobre 2017
Durant le mois d’octobre 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 704 violations des droits de l’homme sur l’ensemble du territoire de la RDC, soit une nouvelle augmentation par rapport au mois précédent, au cours duquel une forte hausse…
MONUSCO interacts with the population in Haut Lomami to cultivate peace and non-violence
Kamina, 4 th December 2017- Raising youth awareness of the culture of peace, tolerance and non-violence and preventing the manipulation of youth in the electoral time was the objective of the mega public concert on the…
Deadly attack against peacekeepers in North Kivu
It is with profound sadness that I must announce that our United Nations family has lost at least 14 colleagues in North Kivu during the attacks which occurred on the evening of 7 December 2017, when suspected ADF elements…
Security Council Press statement on the attack against the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack against the Company Operating Base of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) at…
- Press Conferences
MONUSCO applauds the decision rendered by the South Kivu Military Court in the Kavumu trial against Frederic Batumike, a provincial member of Parliament from South-Kivu province, and 11 people involved in the kidnapping and rape of 38 children
Kinshasa, 15 th December 2017 - MONUSCO applauds the decision rendered by the South Kivu Military Court in the Kavumu trial on 13 th December 2017, for the kidnapping and rapes of 38 children in which the South Kivu…
Memorial Service in honor of the 14 Tanzanian Blue Helmets
The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations in charge of peacekeeping operations has announced that sanctions will be taken against the murderers of the 14 Tanzanian peacekeepers killed in the Semliki area of North Kivu…