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Bukavu, 12 December 2011 - To mark the International Human Rights Day, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) met with local public and private media professionals in Sud-Kivu province on 9 December to exchange…

Mbuji-Mayi, 6 December 2011 - A conference-debate organized on 5 December by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Mbuji-Mayi, capital of Kasai Oriental, sought to inject new vigor into the fight against…

Kinshasa, 12 December 2011: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) takes note of the statements issued respectively by the Carter Center International Election…

As with the previous report to the Human Rights Council, presented at the thirteenth session in March 2010 (A/HRC/13/64), this report looks at a number of past recommendations made by the High Commissioner and several human…

This report reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and warns that such incidents could endanger the democratic process and lead to post…

Kinshasa, 01 December 2011: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (MONUSCO) takes careful note of the statements and preliminary reports issued by the international…

Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Kinshasa, 28 November 2011 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece, today visited some polling stations in Kinshasa…

Photo André Kambala Mujanayi. De dos, vue d'ensemble des participants. En haut à gauche, le chef de la Division des Affaires Civile de la MONUSCO, Richard Snellen, expliquant le message de paix sur le t-shirt. Kananga, 16…

Photo Esther Ndalafina/Radio Okapi. Au milieu, le chef de bureau de la MONUSCO Mbuji Mayi entouré par les représentants des partis politiques de Lodja. Lodja, 20 November 2011 – A joint delegation made up of the United…

Geneva/Kinshasa, 9 November 2011 – A UN report released today reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning that such incidents could…

Kinshasa, 22 November 2011: One of the helicopters of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the D.R. Congo (MONUSCO) that was supposed to have delivered electoral material from Kisangani to Bokongo in the…

Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Kinshasa, 19 November 2011 - A National Mediation Commission tasked to resolve election-related conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was inaugurated on Friday 18 November 2011, under…