‘The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.’ (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) As MONUSCO’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) take to the skies in their third year of operation the importance of their contribution to mission success is in no doubt. Often inaccurately referred to as ‘Drones’, these silent observers are remotely controlled by human…
Durant le mois de mai 2016, le BCNUDH a documenté 384 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une hausse par rapport au mois d’avril 2016 au cours duquel 366 violations avaient été enregistrées. Les provinces les plus touchées restent celles de l’est de la RDC (243 violations), notamment les provinces du Nord-Kivu (143 violations), de l’Ituri (52 violations), du Sud-Kivu (26 violations), de la Tshopo (20…
On 8 June 2016, the interior provincial minister, representing the North Kivu Governor (N/K), chaired at the Mugunga Police Academy in Goma, the closing ceremony for the training session given to 250 Congolese National Police (PNC) personnel on mine and border policing: 40 having received training on mining policing and 202 on border policing. Besides the provincial interior minister, many police senior officers and provincial authorities…
Addis Ababa, Brussels, New York and Paris, 6 June 2016: The African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and the International Organization of La Francophonie (IOF) are closely following the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The four organizations act under the framework of their partnership for peace and security in Africa, as well as their collective commitment to support the DRC in consolidating…
Boboro, 31 May, 2016 – Following field activities carried out by HIV/AIDS Section it is obvious to note that prevention remains at the heart of MONUSCO’s approach to HIV. Their sensitization activities involve the work to end HIV stigma and discrimination, which are the major barriers blocking access to HIV prevention, care, support, and treatment. With the on-going joint campaign called Know Your Rights, initiated by UNAIDS and supported by…
UN Peace Keepers Day 2016 has been commemorated in Goma on Friday June 3, 2016 with lots of pump and color. The activity which took place at helipad in the MONUSCO Larva Site compound was attended by North Kivu provincial governor Julien Paluku, MONUSCO North Kivu acting Head Office Josiah Obat, relevant local authorities, Politicians, NGOs, UN Agencies, UN Blue helmets and MONUSCO staff members. After the playing of the UN Nations Anthem, three…
The headline of Le Potentiel’s article reads: “ 38 Congolese targeted by US Senate’s sanctions,” that “according to their sources, New-York reportedly added names with MONUSCO’s help; the Mission having declared itself concerned, through "the African" Maman Sidikou. This statement is false. MONUSCO has a clear mandate in which there is no mention of any role of transmitting names to an institution for sanction. MONUSCO denounces such allegations…
Uvira, 27 May 2016 – Like in many parts of the DRC, in Uvira, this Day was celebrated earlier on Friday 27 May as it fell on Sunday. A hundred invitees met at the Conference room of MONUSCO HQ: students from secondary school and universities, farmers, FARDC and PNC personnel and members of “C lubs des Amis de la Monusco (MONUSC0 Friends’ club) joined MONUSCO’s staff, “ in paying tribute to the men and women who had served and those who continue…
Goma, eastern DRC, 26 May 2016 - The representatives of the Guarantors of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework comprising of the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), travelled to Kanyabayonga and Nyamilima on 25 May 2016, in eastern DRC. In Kanyabayonga camp, about 314 FDLR ex-combatants and their…
I am Natalia Gallardo, a Uruguayan Peacekeeping Sailor, working in the Uruguayan Riverine Company (URPAC) in Bukavu, South Kivu. I am 22 years old; I was born in Paysandu city (North Uruguay). I come from a modest family composed only of my father and a brother, who also works in the Uruguayan Navy. In Uruguay, I worked for Paysandu Coast Guard. As a countryside young woman, it is difficult to find a job, because many tasks are designed for men…