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The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict concluded her tour of eastern DRC after visiting Goma and Bukavu from 29 November to 2 December 2019. Pramila Patten is on her first official visit to the DRC. She is currently in Kinshasa where she will meet senior Congolese authorities, including the country’s First Lady who is engaged in the fight against sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
During his two-day visit to DRC, UN Peace Operations Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix held a press conference on MONUSCO site in Beni which was damaged by violent demonstrations against the Mission. Mr. Lacroix appealed to everyone to "learn the lessons from the recent days’ events." He also called on the population to "make no mistake about the enemy". Below is his statement in its entirety. Jean-Pierre Lacroix : "Hello everyone. I came first and…
The United Nations Victims’ Rights Advocate (VRA), Jane Connors, wrapped up her working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, from November 21 to 29, 2019, by the South Kivu province, after visiting Kinshasa and Goma. While in the South-Kivu province, Jane Connors visited Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse are being treated by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr Denis Mukwege. Jane Connors said the…
Peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were conducting extensive patrols in the east of the country on Tuesday, one day after demonstrators set fire to buildings to protest lack of civilian protection in the face of attacks by armed groups. Angry residents torched the town hall and the UN compound in the city of Beni, in North Kivu, protesting what they saw as the failure by Government forces and…
The UN Victims' Rights Advocate (VRA), Jane Connors, is on a working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of her mandate. Her role is to ensure that the rights and dignity of victims are at the forefront of the United Nations’ efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by United Nations personnel. The purpose of the week-long visit successively to Kinshasa and Goma in the North-Kivu province from 21 to 29 November…
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, Catherine Pollard, is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the first time. During her visit, from 24 to 28 November 2019, she has encouraged staff and discussed with them the prospects and challenges facing the Mission. Ms. Catherine Pollard met MONUSCO staff and leadership in a general assembly held in Kinshasa on 25 November, also attended by…
Bunia, November 16, 2019 - Twenty members of the Congolese National Police Force (PNC), including two women police, from Isiro, Kinshasa, Faradje, Dungu and Bunia have been receiving a 12-day training since November 11 in Bunia, Ituri about securing of the refugees’ relocation process for the South Sudanese refugees settled in the Ituri and Haut-Uélé provinces. This trainers’ training is supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)…
Forty-eight provincial MPs and sixteen political and administrative staff members from the North-Kivu Provincial Assembly are receiving 2-day training, from 20 to 21 November in Goma as part of retraining and induction seminar on parliamentary procedures and practices. Of the 48 members of the North-Kivu Provincial Assembly, 83% of the elected representatives are on their first tenure. Two-thirds of the provincial MPs come are members of the…
MONUSCO Force acting Commander, General Thierry Lion, gave an interview to Radio Okapi on 18 November, in which he clarified the role played by MONUSCO in the ongoing operations conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against the ADF in Beni. He says in accordance with MONUSCO mandate, UN Force has responded in a timely manner to FARDC’s request in providing support in terms of Intelligence and evacuation of the…