Dungu, 25 November 2015: the Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) through its Human Rights Section and partners officially launched on Tuesday 25 November 2015, a 16-day activism against violence to women; in attendance, the representative of the Territorial Administrator; the chief of MONUSCO/Dungu office, Leonidas Nkingiye and several civilian and military staff. The Representative of…
Uvira, 26 November 2015 – This 2nd training and refresher course for the Congolese National Police Force, PNC in the French acronym held in the territory of Uvira, South-Kivu province, started on Monday 23 November 2015; it was initiated and organized by the United Nations Civil Police “MONUSCO-Uvira”; it was focused on how best to secure the electoral process. The opening ceremony was chaired by the Uvira territorial Administrator; like the…
Bunia, 07 November 2015 – Some 120 invited people attended the celebration marking 15 years since the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in situations of armed conflict. The celebration was an opportunity to take stock of the actions undertaken by - and to initiate a dialogue between – representatives of Ituri women’s associations and civilian and military authorities in favor of the promotion of…
In Kalemie, Tanganyika province, MONUSCO held, from 14 October to 14 November, a training session for 37 PNC officers on “communication; the trainer and the adult trainee; pedagogical methods and means; and the organization and facilitation of a training activity.” This training, delivered as a quick-impact project worth US$ 52,518, was part of activities of the Mpyana island of stability in Manono territory. The objective was to enable the new…
Kinshasa, 18 November 2015 – The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC and Head of MONUSCO, Maman Sambo Sidikou, arrived in Kinshasa on Monday 16 November 2015. Mr. Sidikou of Niger, replaces the outing Head of the UN Mission in the DRC, Martin Kobler of Germany, whose mandate ended on 31 st October 2015. From the N’djili international airport, Maman S. Sidikou arrived at the MONUSCO headquarters, where he was welcomed…
Goma, 13 November 2015 – This sentiment was expressed by MONUSCO Force Commander on the eve of his departure from the DRC and Goma, where he established the Force headquarters upon arriving in June 2013; attributing over thirty per cent of his citizenship to Brazil, his home land and the remaining thirty percent to Haiti, where he had served as commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), from January 2007 to April…
South-Kivu, 11 November 2015 – MONUSCO Gender Section in the South-Kivu province, in partnership with a Congolese female legal experts’ Association, organized on 11 November 2015, a round table on how to “assist a larger number of women candidates in the South-Kivu during the upcoming elections”; thirty (30) women candidates attended the workshop. Bringing different female actors to embark on the electoral process and come up with specific and…
Kalemie, 13 November - The United Nations Joint Human Right Office in Kalemie organized a capacity-building workshop on a forensic guide for dealing with sexual violence attended by twenty medical doctors in Tanganyika including 5 women. Financed by a British organization known as UKaid within the framework of a National Legal Assistance Program for the victims of sexual violence, the objective of the workshop was to empower participants to…
MONUSCO Public Information Office in Kisangani organized a conference-debate around the theme “ MONUSCO’s activities in Kisangani” held in the township of Makiso on Thursday 5 November 2015; in attendance were roughly 200 members of the NGO “Vision Internationale pour l’Encadrement des Activistes des Droits Humains” (VIEADH). The speakers respectively explained the activities carried out by the different UN Mission's units, especially those…