Rutshuru, 27 June 2015 – The accelerated basic training for 400 Congolese National Police personnel in the North-Kivu province initiated by MONUSCO Police Component was officially closed on 27 June 2015 by General AWACHANGO Vital, Provincial Commissioner of the Congolese National Police in the North-Kivu with an official ceremony organized at the RUTSHURU Administration facility. Certificates were symbolically awarded to 8 best learners, (two per…
A MONUSCO-Lubumbashi delegation met last Friday with the municipal authorities of Kolwezi, some 300 km from Lubumbashi, to inform them that the MONUSCO detachment that was based in their town had been transferred to the locality of Bendera, in Kalemie territory, North Katanga. The delegation, which was made up of representatives from the Political Affairs section, the Katanga Sector and Radio Okapi, told its interlocutors that the tasks entrusted…
South Kivu, 1st July 2015 — Wednesday 1st July saw the official handover by MONUSCO of a completed potable water supply project which will benefit about 20,000 people in and around the Natural Science Research Center (CRSN) of Luiro, in Kabare territory. The project was handed over to the community through Mr. Albert Murhi, the provincial minister for mines and water resources. The US$ 33,790 project was financed by MONUSCO and involved the…
Dans ce podcast, le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies en RDC, Martin Kobler, souligne l’importance et la nécessité de veiller à la protection de l'environnement, particulièrement les cours d'eau, parmi lesquels le Fleuve Congo, les parcs et autres espaces verts, ainsi que la biodiversité à travers tout le pays. C'est le seul moyen d'assurer un développement harmonieux et durable sans compromettre la qualité et le cadre…
Uvira, 27 June 2015 – MONUSCO multi-disciplinary mission comprised of the following sections: Public Information, Civil Affairs, Child Protection, BCNUDH, DDR-RR and United Nations Joint Human Right Office visited Lulimbi, in the far-south of the Territory of Fizi, South-Kivu province on Tuesday 23 June 2015 to interact with the local community, 220 km away from Uvira and encourage them to perpetuate the civilian protection mechanism in place…
The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Bunia in partnership with Human Rights NGOs organized an open conference-debate in the district of Ituri to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture commemorated on 26 June of each year. The concepts of torture and Human Rights violations as well as the situational analysis of the acts of tortures committed in this district and fight against torture from 2013 to date are…
English | French Title: Report of the Mapping Exercise documenting the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003. The Mapping Report, led by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), published in August 2010, contains descriptions of 617 alleged violent incidents occurring in the DRC…
Bukavu, 23 June 2015 – Since 15 June, 230 members of the Congolese Police have been undergoing two months refresher training in “the maintenance and restoration of public order” and “Intervention gestures and professional techniques” The training is organized by the Congolese National Police (PNC), in cooperation with the United Nations Police (UNPOL) component of MONUSCO, as part of PNC capacity building. The 230 participants are police officers…
Ituri district, 23 June 2015 – “ Give up weapons and join the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) process to give a chance to peace”. This was the message Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, delivered to militiamen of the Force de resistance patriotique en Ituri (Patriotic Resistance Force in Ituri, FRPI), during his two-day visit to region, which included visits to the localities of Aveba and Bukiringi in Irumu territory. Mr. Kobler…
Lusenda, 20 June 2015 – This was on the occasion the celebration of World Refugee Day. The Office of the United Nations High-Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners, including the National Commission for Refugees (CNR), decided to « spend this day, 20 June » with the 3,200 Burundian refugees in this camp located in Fizi territory, sixty kilometers from Uvira, in South Kivu. Explaining why the town of Lusenda was chosen to host this…