Kinshasa, 18 August 2010 - The new Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) and Head of Mission for Stabilization in DRC ( MONUSCO ), took office last July 26 . In three weeks he has met the Congolese officials and toured the East, in Province Orientale and Kivu. Mr. Meece also participated on Wednesday to MONUSCO weekly press conference. Transcript of questions and answers The…
New York, 24 August 2010 - The Secretary -General Ban Ki -moon on Tuesday expressed outrage at the rape and sexual assault of about 154 Congolese civilians during a recent attack by armed elements Mayi - Mayi and the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR ) in the province of North Kivu ,Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ). "These serious incidents illustrate once again the level of sexual violence and insecurity which continues to…
Goma, 25 August 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Head of the Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), spoke at the daily briefing held at United Nations headquarters in New York. He spoke through video conference from Goma, where he was on mission about the " horrific events " that occurred in Kibua, North Kivu, where over 150 people from a dozen villages…
Goma, August 27, 2010 – The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the DRC returned to Kinshasa, after a stay of 24 hours in North Kivu. From Uganda and Rwanda, Roger Meece came to ask about the security situation following the recent killing of three UN peacekeepers and the mass rape of women in this insecure province. During his stay, Roger Meece together with MONUSCO / North Kivu Head of Office and few senior…
Goma, 9 September 2010 - The outbursts of violence, armed gangs activities in Walikale and Masisi territories and the numerous cases of human rights violations have led the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DRC ( MONUSCO ) to launch the "Operation Shop Window " in the areas of Pinga - Kibua -Walikale, at least until September 15 .This Operation is designed to reassure the population and show MONUSCO commitment to use all its resources to…
New York, 7 September 2010 - Sent at the end of August in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) by UN chief Ban Ki - moon to shed light on the circumstances of mass rape in the east , the Under - Secretary General for Operations of peacekeeping, Atul Khare , reiterated on Tuesday at the Security Council, the importance of putting an end to impunity and to mobilize the necessary resources to bring to justice those responsible for the crimes. "It…
New York, 31 August 2010 - Rape wild mass of civilians by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) show once more the necessity of ending the impunity for the perpetrators of these crimes , insisted Tuesday the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations to sexual violence in the candied, Margot Wallström. On the occasion of a press conference at UN headquarters in New York , she returned to the rape…
Vienna, 7 September 2010 - The International Press Institute (IPI) today honoured Radio Okapi, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the 2010 'Free Media Pioneer' award. Radio Okapi began broadcasting on 25 February 2002 as a public service station with the aim of contributing to the building of peace in the DRC. The radio station is jointly managed by the Fondation Hirondelle in Switzerland, and the United Nations Organization…
Kinshasa, 3 September 2010 – A moving ceremony was held in the headquarters of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) to salute the three fallen Indian Peacekeepers in Kirumba, North Kivu on 18 August. The Special Representative, Mr. Roger Meece; the Force Commander, Lieutenant General Chander Prakash; the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Missions, Atul Khare, several Congolese officials and members of the diplomatic corps…
Goma, 04 September 2010 - Armed men attacked an aircraft with 4 members of the International Medical Corps (IMC), all American nationals at about 10 a.m. on September, 1. The aicraft had just touched ground on the Kilambo airstrip, 15 km NW of Walikale. The 3rd Indian Batallion reacted immediately on appraisal by deploying a Rapid reaction team from its operational base in Walikale. This resulted in the extraction of 4 humanitarian operators and…