Goma, 10 December 2013 - A medal parade in honor of the Force Intervention Brigade of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) was organized in Sake, North Kivu province, on 9 December 2013. The parade, described as “historic”, saw the first batch of officers of the Force Intervention Brigade receive the UN peace medal. The occasion was presided over by MONUSCO Force Commander, General Carlos Alberto dos…
Kinshasa, 10 December 2013: Today marks the celebration of Human Rights Day around world, Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the DRC and Head of MONUSCO declared: “Today we celebrate for the 65 th time the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. “It is a great opportunity for people in the DRC to celebrate together equality, freedom and dignity, which are inalienable rights for everyone. MONUSCO is committed to…
Goma, 9 December 2013 - MONUSCO Civil Affairs section organized a training of 30 officials of the Congolese National Armed Forces (FARDC) on the protection of civilians in Goma, North Kivu province, on 29 November 2013. The objective of the training was to equip the FARDC with information that will enable them to better understand MONUSCO mandate and the need to be a complementary force in the field. Several presentations were made throughout the…
Dungu, 4 December 2013 - Within the framework of a 16-day activism on gender-based violence scheduled from 25 November to 10 December 2013, the Child Protection Section of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) jointly with the Gender office and UNHCR organized a workshop on gender-based violence for 50 secondary school boys and girls in Dungu with a view to discussing and addressing their concerns on…
Kindu, December 2, 2013 - The celebration of the World AIDS Day at Kindu, capital of the Maniema province, on December 1, had two highlights. At the outset, on the eve of the occasion, Saturday, November 30, the office of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) at Kindu, through its Public Information Section, donated food and school supplies to hundreds of needy children and AIDS orphans who are in school…
Goma, 20 November 2013 – In a special ceremony held on Wednesday 20 November 2013 in Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) symbolically destroyed a pile of weapons of war and other unexploded ordnance collected from ex-combatants of various armed groups. On this occasion, about 1,000 weapons and 40,000 rounds of ammunitions were destroyed…
Bukavu, 24 November 2013 – In Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu, the Child Protection section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), together with its partners, commemorated on 22 November 2013 the 24 th anniversary of the International Children’s Rights Day. The ceremony was an opportunity for children formerly associated with armed forces and groups to engage in…
Mbandaka, 20 November 2013 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) donated, on Thursday 31 October 2013, photovoltaic solar kits to local military and civilian courts in Mbandaka, Equateur province to facilitate their work on a regular basis since the city of Mbandaka is lacking in electrical power. The donation consists of a kit of 17 solar panels, 6 regulators, and three converters worth $25,000…
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), 25 November 2013 - Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes, has begun a week-long mission to help shore up peace efforts in the region, visiting Tanzania, Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She will focus on both the immediate priority of reaching an agreed outcome to the Kampala dialogue, and on encouraging progress in implementing the…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 25 November 2013. Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes, has begun a week-long mission to help shore up peace efforts in the region, visiting Tanzania, Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She will focus on both the immediate priority of reaching an agreed outcome to the Kampala dialogue, and on encouraging progress in implementing the broader…