Kinshasa, 14 January 2011 - The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, and Ms. Irina Bokova, UNESCO's Director-General, took part, on 14 January, in a high level meeting with national authorities on the preservation of Congo's natural sites that have been classified as World Heritage. The Democratic Republic of Congo is the only country in Africa with five…
Goma, 12 January 2011 – From 6 to 12 Jnauary, more than a hundred Congolese National Police (PNC) officers including three female from the Mobile Intervention Group (GMI: Groupement mobile d'intervention) received training from MONUSCO police on crowd control, restoration of public order, police code of ethics and human rights. MONUSCO Electoral Division played an active role in this training which is particularly important given the fact that…
Bunia, 12 January 2011- The Public Information Section of MONUSCO/Ituri celebrated New Year 2011 alongside first grade pupils of primary schools in Bunia, district of Ituri. During this celebration school kits including copy-books and pencils were distributed to the pupils. The exercise is part of the Outreach activities by MONUSCO Public Information Division. More than three hundred (300) pupils, including 60 from the primary school for the deaf…
Kinshasa, 12 January 2011 - United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) in unity with the entire United Nations global family, paid tribute to the Haiti disaster victims by observing 47 second-silence to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake that hit Haiti last year. At 1653 hours, the time when the earthquake had hit, Kinshasa MONUSCO staff assembled at four venues to honour the memory of the thousands of Haitian victims…
Beni, 12 January 2011 - The Jordanian Special Forces (JSF) of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in D.R. Congo deployed at Beni, North Kivu province distributed school kits among the outstanding school children of the territory including some teachers as a goodwill gesture. The ceremony which was organized at Mavivi Elementary School had selected best performing students from eight schools of Mavivi, Makehe, Ngite, Nzuma, Furaha, Ushindi…
Bunia, 06 January 2011 - The Head of Ituri Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated the recently rehabilitated road between Bogoro and Aveba, in Irumu territory, last week. The rehabilitation task has been carried out by a contingent of the Nepalese Military Engineers of the Mission. The rehabilitated 46 km long road will facilitate movement of the population of South Bahema and Walendu Bindi…
Kinshasa, 10 January 2011 – The first National Sovereign Dialogue of DRC Youth (in French) with participants from all the provinces and the diaspora was held from January 5 to 8. This took place within the framework of the International Year of Youth and aimed at fostering the understanding among the Congolese Youth of their role in "dialogue and mutual understanding for peace, progress and development." The four-day forum organized by the DRC…
Bunia, 03 January 2011 - Prison guards at the Bunia Central Prison have been presented with new uniforms that makes them easily identifiable. In all twelve officers, two of them women, received the uniforms from MONUSCO Correction Unit. The uniforms were bought with funds from UNDP-Ituri following a request from MONUSCO/Bunia Correction Unit. They were handed over at a ceremony which marked the end of a training session on management, safety and…
Kinshasa, 31 December 2010- On the occasion of the end of year festivities, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Roger Meece, expresses his best wishes and a happy and prosperous New Year to the people and government of the DRC. "This year witnessed the transformation of the United Nations Mission in the Congo (MONUC) to the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Congo…
Mbandaka, 28 December 2010 – MONUSCO Civil Affairs Section in Mbandaka brought together a number of young men and women on 28 December 2010 to train them on the concepts of peace and conflict resolution. At the end of the training, a committee comprising ten youth leaders from the "Youth Committee for Peace," was set up to carry out sensitization activities on peace consolidation in the schools throughout the Equateur Province. A number of…