Kinshasa, 1 November 2010 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece paid a visit to North Kivu this Saturday, 30 October 2010. The Special Representative visited the locality of Rwindi situated in the territory of Rutshuru where the base of MONUSCO peacekeepers had been attacked by a group of about 50 armed men on 30 October 2010. Mr. Meece was accompanied by local…
Kinshasa, 1 November 2010 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece paid a visit to North Kivu this Saturday, 30 October 2010. The Special Representative visited the locality of Rwindi situated in the territory of Rutshuru where the base of MONUSCO peacekeepers had been attacked by a group of about 50 armed men on 30 October 2010. Mr. Meece was accompanied by local…
Kinshasa, 2 November 2010 - On the 10th anniversary of the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1325, the UN system in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Family and Children organized a Day of advocacy and sensitization for mobilization of funds in favor of the National Action Plan under the guidelines of Resolution 1325 in Kinshasa on October 30, 2010. It may be recalled that the Resolution 1325 is the first United Nations resolution…
Kinshasa, 26 October 2010 - MONUSCO Police is actively involved in providing much needed training to the Congolese National Police, in the framework of the Stabilization plan STAREC (stabilisation and reconstruction), explained the Commissioner, who also stressed that MONUSCO police will provide all possible support to PNC for the next General Elections in DRC. While mentioning the problems faced by PNC on ground, he reiterated the commitment of…
This attack had to be robustly repulsed Kinshasa, 25 October 2010 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Roger Meece, condemns in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated on Saturday, October 23rd by armed men on the base of MONUSCO peacekeepers at Rwindi (135 km north of Goma), in North Kivu. At about 22:30 hours, on Saturday 23 October, about fifthy (50) men armed with…
Kinshasa, 23 October 2010 - On Saturday, October 23, the United Nations in Kinshasa celebrated the sixty fifth anniversary of the adoption of the founding Charter of the UNO on 24 October 1945. This event which was organized by the United Nations Mission for Stabilization in DRC (MONUSCO), in partnership with other UN agencies and the Congolese authorities, has been celebrated in the form of an official ceremony and a concert. The event gathered…
Kinshasa, 21 October 2010 - In order to give a new impetus to the corrections work that its Rule of Law section has undertaken on the ground since 2006 by the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), the UN Secretary-General recommended the creation of a Corrections Unit. This unit is designed to enhance MONUSCO's legislative, organisational and operational support to the country's…
Bukavu, 18 October 2010 - Peace and demilitarisation is the main theme of the third International Action of the World March of Women whose activities were held in Bukavu, South Kivu province from 13 to 17 October 2010. Thousands of people including DRC's First Lady Ms. Olive Lembe Kabila were in attendance. On Wednesday 13 October 2010, Ibanda high school in Bukavu offered a forum for the closing activities of the third International Action…
New York/Kinshasa, 15 October 2010 - The horrific attacks in Democratic Republic of the Congo's restive North Kivu province in late July and early August, clearly underscored the importance of civilian protection and had provoked a "major internal review" of the protection programmes being carried out by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission there, the head of the operation told the Security Council today. Briefing the Council on…
Kinshasa/Geneva, 13 October 2010 – A high-level panel convened by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to hear directly from victims of sexual violence in the DRC reported Wednesday on its preliminary findings that the needs of the victims are largely unmet, particularly in remote areas. The panel, which held interactive dialogues with survivors and other stakeholders in six towns in three different provinces, had been tasked by the High…