International Peacekeepers day 29/05/2015 has been celebrated in Goma with the paying of Homage to fallen Blue Helmets serving under the United Nations Flag the World over , DRC and North Kivu in particular for 70 years now. The Occasion was very subtle especially with prevailing security situation in the Eastern part of the country and North Kivu in particular where negative armed groups continue with the exactions, brutal killing, rape…
Dungu, 25 May 2015— The MONUSCO Dungu Base on Saturday 23 May 2015 hosted the Dungu press’s first forum, organized at the initiative of the UN Mission’s Public Information Office, in partnership with the local press. The theme selected for this first meeting was « The Garamba National Park (GNP): realities and perspectives». Mr. Laurent Kidima, head of the GNP Community Conservation Department, was an invited guest speaker at the meeting. Those…
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The training of people involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS is very important as it is sustainable. This is the reason why MONUSCO HIV/AIDS Unit is expanding its innovative training programme to both the grassroots and public sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In this light, the Unit recently organised a training workshop to instil in the Congolese National Police (PNC) the principle of good training methods. The one-day…
The United Nations Volunteers [UNV] in collaboration with MONUSCO HIV/AIDS Unit is paving the way for Non-Governmental Organizations [NGOs] and civil society organizations (CSO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC] by providing a bold approach to combating and managing HIV and AIDS through lessons from training workshops. It is obvious that the effective fight against HIV and AIDS depend on a trained and motivated workforce to carry out…
19,815 is the number of peacekeepers deployed to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Sent by 52 troop-contributing countries, contingents are deployed for a period that varies from six to eight months before being replaced with a new contingent. The deployment and repatriation of contingents take place in Entebbe, Bujumbura or Kigali, where MONUSCO has MovCon liaison offices…
She looks as if she’s still in her early twenties, but that’s thanks to her discreet charm. In her modest office which she shares with two of her colleagues, Maja (pronounce Maya) BOGICEVIC welcomed us in all simplicity, a trait of her entire personality. Simple she is, calm she is too, despite the intense pace of work to which she is subjected in the performance of her duties in the rather complex Security Sector Reform Unit. « A Western woman…
The new quarter for women, built at the total cost of 35,000 US dollars through a quick impact project, will enable the separation of men and women prisoners. Presiding over the quarter inauguration ceremony the provincial Justice and Human Rights minister urged the beneficiaries to make proper use of the new facility bearing in mind the interests of future generations. Uvira, 8 May 2015 – A new unit for female detainees has just been inaugurated…
The new quarter for women, built at the total cost of 35,000 US dollars through a quick impact project, will enable the separation of men and women prisoners. Presiding over the quarter inauguration ceremony the provincial Justice and Human Rights minister urged the beneficiaries to make proper use of the new facility bearing in mind the interests of future generations. Uvira, 8 May 2015 – A new unit for female detainees has just been inaugurated…