Goma, 27 January 2012 - Following his arrival in Kinshasa on 24 January 2012, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, traveled to Goma, the capital of Nord Kivu province, on 27 January, with Roger Meece, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the D.R. Congo (MONUSCO). Mr. Ladsous received a warm welcome from the provincial…
Kinshasa, 26 January 2012 – On the second day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, met with the leaders of opposition parties in Congo to discuss issues relating to human rights and the on-going electoral process in the country. Vital Kamerhe, leader of the Union pour la Nation congolaise (UNC), which was ranked third in the last presidential run up, after the Parti…
Goma, 16 January 2012 – The Ntoto built-up area located at around 200 km northwest of Goma in Walikale territory now looks like a ghost town. The villagers have fled their homes to take refuge around the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) military base. An estimated one thousand people, and more, are living in makeshift shelters that they have built around the military base of the…
Kinshasa, 24 January 2012 – During his official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr Hervé Ladsous, made the following statement in an interview with Radio Okapi, which is the radio of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Good morning Mr Hervé Ladsous, this is your first visit to the DRC since your appointment…
Kinshasa, 24 January 2012 - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, will be making an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) starting this Tuesday, 24 January 2012. During the four-day visit, his first to the DRC since his appointment on 2 September 2011, Mr Ladsous will meet in Kinshasa with several Government officials, as well as with members of the Congolese political class…
Goma, 13 January 2012 – In their already dire living conditions, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Shasha camp, Masisi terriroty, in Nord Kivu province, are now facing another difficulty: malaria. But it wasn't until many of them experienced severe symptoms of the disease that they thought of requesting assistance from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) to curb the outbreak. There is an…
Uvira, 13 January 2012 – Under a project expected to bring lasting benefits to the population of Sud Kivu, UN peacekeepers based in the area undertook the rehabilitation of the Uvira medical school, a major center of education in the province. The project was recently completed and handed over to Congolese authorities. Pakistani peacekeepers from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)…
Aru, 19 December 2011 – In its efforts to support Congolese authorities in the promotion of rule of law, the Corrections Unit of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) designed and conducted a series of training sessions for prison staff in the district of Ituri in the northeastern Province Orientale. The training, which took place in the territories of Aru and Mahagi, respectively 300…
Goma, 3 January 2012 - The locality of Waloa Yungu, in Walikale territory, some 100 kilometers northwest of Goma, capital of Nord-Kivu province, is now looking like a ghost town. Regular fighting between rival armed groups has displaced hundreds of people, bringing to a halt local economic activity. It is estimated that at least 1000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have poured into Kimua, the administrative center of Waloa Yungu, seeking…
Goma, 31 December 2011 – A local youth association known as Umoja Cargo, awarded the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) a prize of excellence for its peace efforts in the Nord-Kivu territory of Rutshuru. The prize, which was symbolically represented as a diploma, was awarded in the presence of some 50 guests at a ceremony organized for the occasion on Friday, 30 December. Sinz Wolf, the…