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UN Secretary-General and President of the World Bank Group on official joint visit to eastern DRC

Goma, 24 May 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon and the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim arrived in Goma Thursday, 23 May from Kinshasa, on a three-day visit to the Great Lakes region.

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DDR/RR to sensitize LRA combatants through “Helicopter-Messaging”

Goma, May 23, 2013 - The Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DD/RRR) division of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) initiated early this month a new sensitization strategy aimed at persuading the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) in the Orientale Province, to surrender to MONUSCO voluntarily.

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UN SG to convene a meeting to review the status of the implementation of the Framework-Agreement

Kinshasa, 23 May 2013 – During his joint visit to Kinshasa on 22 May 2013 with the President of the World Bank Group, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon said he would convene a meeting in May 2013 to review the progress made thus far by the Framework-Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region.

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UN Secretary-General Arrives in Goma

Kinshasa, 23 May 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon arrived this Thursday morning in the Nord Kivu province from Kinshasa as part of a joint mission to the sub-region with the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim. The purpose of the visit is to back the implementation of the Framework Agreement signed at Addis-Ababa on 24 February by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda as well as eight other countries in the sub-region.

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UN Secretary-General starts official visit to Kinshasa while M23 and FARDC clash near Goma

Kinshasa, 22 May 2013 - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) announces that the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has started this morning his official visit to the DRC.