Goma, 18 August 2010 - On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, three Indian Blue Helmets of the IV Battalion were killed in an attack on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)'s base at Kirumba, some 150 kilometers north of Goma, perpetrated by a group of armed men. Seven other peacekeepers were wounded during the attack, including three soldiers left in serious condition. The Mission has opened an…
Kinshasa, 30 August 2010 – Pursuant to rapes earlier this month in North Kivu, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon decided to dispatch on the ground the Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations. Atul Khare who arrived in Kinshasa on August 28 for a one-week mission that will take him to the regions of Kirumba and Kibua in North and South Kivu Given the seriousness of the events that occurred in Kibua region, where over 150…
Mbandaka , 1 September 2010 - The Child Protection Section has organized a training this week for fifty officers of the 3rd Military Region of the FARDC . The purpose of this training was to help these soldiers understand the laws on child protection in order to integrate the key messages such as the basic concepts and rules for child protection in the exercise of their mandate. The day of training for FARDC senior and junior officers on the…
Goma, 19 August 2010 - A ceremony in honor of the three Indian soldiers killed yesterday in an attack in MONUSCO base in Kirumba was held today at the international airport of Goma in the presence of military and civilian authorities of the mission and of the province of North Kivu who paid a glowing tribute to the sacrifice of these soldiers of peace. The bodies of the three peacekeepers - Sergeant Omkar Singh, Corporal Suraj Bhagwan Budania and…
Mbandaka, 21 August 2010 - The second edition of Mbandaka theatre festival, launched in 2009 by the Public Information Section of MONUC / Mbandaka, was held this weekend in the capital of the province. The objective of the exercise was to sensitize and inform the youth on the fight against sexual violence and impunity while entertaining them. The programme was successful as expected. Over a thousand of young people were attending, when Provincial…
Bunia, 23 August 2010 – MONUSCO Public Information office launched a sensitization campaign on Security Council resolution 1925, adopted on May 28, 2010, on MONUSCO mandate, in order to inform and educate the population of Ituri on the switch from MONUC to MONUSCO . The campaign began last August 19 in Bunia in the presence of representatives of the civil society, religious groups and students organizations The campaign opened with an official…
Kinshasa, 18 August 2010 - The new Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) and Head of Mission for Stabilization in DRC ( MONUSCO ), took office last July 26 . In three weeks he has met the Congolese officials and toured the East, in Province Orientale and Kivu. Mr. Meece also participated on Wednesday to MONUSCO weekly press conference. Transcript of questions and answers The…
New York, 24 August 2010 - The Secretary -General Ban Ki -moon on Tuesday expressed outrage at the rape and sexual assault of about 154 Congolese civilians during a recent attack by armed elements Mayi - Mayi and the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR ) in the province of North Kivu ,Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ). "These serious incidents illustrate once again the level of sexual violence and insecurity which continues to…
Goma, 25 August 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Head of the Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), spoke at the daily briefing held at United Nations headquarters in New York. He spoke through video conference from Goma, where he was on mission about the " horrific events " that occurred in Kibua, North Kivu, where over 150 people from a dozen villages…
Goma, August 27, 2010 – The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the DRC returned to Kinshasa, after a stay of 24 hours in North Kivu. From Uganda and Rwanda, Roger Meece came to ask about the security situation following the recent killing of three UN peacekeepers and the mass rape of women in this insecure province. During his stay, Roger Meece together with MONUSCO / North Kivu Head of Office and few senior…