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MONUSCO starts weekly press conferences between Kinshasa and eastern DRC via VTC

Goma, 25 January 2013 – The Head of the Public Information Division of United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Madnodje Mounoubai, on Wednesday, 23 January 2013, launched the first edition of what will become the new format of the UN Mission’s weekly press conference, which will link up journalists of Kinshasa with their peers in Goma, the regional capital of eastern DRC in Nord Kivu province, via video-teleconference. This innovative move is part of a new communication strategy to increase media coverage for United Nations actions in the country.

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MONUSCO encourages local journalists in Uvira and Fizi (Sud Kivu) to work in synergy

Uvira, 25 January 2013 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) organized a two-day training workshop for journalists from Uvira and Fizi territories, Sud Kivu province, designed to build their professional capacities, increase their knowledge in basic journalistic techniques as well as the ability of local media to work in synergy. The workshop was attended by 70 journalists, 80 percent of whom never received formal training.

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MONUSCO Consolidates Peaceful Coexistence between the Fizi Communities in Sud Kivu

Uvira, 25 January 2013 – In order to encourage the communities of the Fizi territory in Sud Kivu to live together and develop their region, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the Fizi and Itombwe frameworks for inter-community dialogue (CCI) jointly organized a sensitization workshop for local chiefs and leaders on safeguarding peace, security and peaceful coexistence.

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MONUSCO Presents the Action Plan to Combat the Recruitment and Use of Children in Armed Conflict

Uvira, 25 January 2013 - Last December in Uvira, the Child Protection section of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) presented an action plan to combat the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and serious human rights violations committed against them by elements of the Congolese defence and security forces.

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MONUSCO Police put smiles on children orphans’ faces in Panzi, Sud Kivu province

Bukavu, 24 January 2013 - The Egyptian Formed Police Unit of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) warmed the hearts of orphaned children in Sud Kivu province when they brought them a bundle of toys on Thursday, 24 January 2013. About a hundred children live in this care center, which is managed by the NGO Œuvre d’Espoir pour l’Enfance in the Panzi neighborhood of Bukavu, the provincial capital.

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