Beni, 12 January 2011 - The Jordanian Special Forces (JSF) of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in D.R. Congo deployed at Beni, North Kivu province distributed school kits among the outstanding school children of the territory including some teachers as a goodwill gesture. The ceremony which was organized at Mavivi Elementary School had selected best performing students from eight schools of Mavivi, Makehe, Ngite, Nzuma, Furaha, Ushindi…
Bunia, 06 January 2011 - The Head of Ituri Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated the recently rehabilitated road between Bogoro and Aveba, in Irumu territory, last week. The rehabilitation task has been carried out by a contingent of the Nepalese Military Engineers of the Mission. The rehabilitated 46 km long road will facilitate movement of the population of South Bahema and Walendu Bindi…
Kinshasa, 10 January 2011 – The first National Sovereign Dialogue of DRC Youth (in French) with participants from all the provinces and the diaspora was held from January 5 to 8. This took place within the framework of the International Year of Youth and aimed at fostering the understanding among the Congolese Youth of their role in "dialogue and mutual understanding for peace, progress and development." The four-day forum organized by the DRC…
Bunia, 03 January 2011 - Prison guards at the Bunia Central Prison have been presented with new uniforms that makes them easily identifiable. In all twelve officers, two of them women, received the uniforms from MONUSCO Correction Unit. The uniforms were bought with funds from UNDP-Ituri following a request from MONUSCO/Bunia Correction Unit. They were handed over at a ceremony which marked the end of a training session on management, safety and…
Kinshasa, 31 December 2010- On the occasion of the end of year festivities, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Roger Meece, expresses his best wishes and a happy and prosperous New Year to the people and government of the DRC. "This year witnessed the transformation of the United Nations Mission in the Congo (MONUC) to the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Congo…
Mbandaka, 28 December 2010 – MONUSCO Civil Affairs Section in Mbandaka brought together a number of young men and women on 28 December 2010 to train them on the concepts of peace and conflict resolution. At the end of the training, a committee comprising ten youth leaders from the "Youth Committee for Peace," was set up to carry out sensitization activities on peace consolidation in the schools throughout the Equateur Province. A number of…
Bunia, 26 December 2010 – As a prelude to the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO Police organized a training of trainers' session for the Congolese National Police in Bunia. The ten-day refresher course was launched on 16 December 2010, and the 30 participants were trained on how to secure the electoral process. The new trainers are expected to be deployed throughout the Ituri district. Once at their posts, they will…
Kindu, 20 December 2010 – In the framework of the ongoing process for the review of voters' list in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO's Gender and Electoral Division was in Kindu today to sensitize women on the need for their participation at the electoral process. The review of the voters' list, which was launched recently, has not attracted much interest in many areas of eastern Congo. It is against this background that the team…
Goma, 19 December 2010 - MONUSCO peacekeepers of the Indian battalion (INDBATT) in North Kivu recently constructed two markets in the villages of Loufou and Kirumba. These villages are at 195 and 200 km respectively north of Goma. The construction of Loufu market was achieved through local resources. The materials were provided by INDBATT while the market sheds in Kiroumba were built through MONUSCO's Quick impact project (QIP) at a cost of $US 9…
Kinshasa, 19 December 2010 - MONUSCO Western Brigade Commander, Brig Gl Martin Owusu-Ababio, distributed 70 soccer balls to team site leaders who gathered in a symbolic ceremony in Kinshasa on 19 December to promote peace and unity among Congolese through sportsmanship. "Experience in conflict torn areas shows that a sport like football has the potential to bring people together and often serves as a source of unity, " said the Military Observers…