Bunia, 26 April 2013 – From 24 to 29 March 2013, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office(UNJHRO), in collaboration with the Military Prosecutor's Office, conducted an investigation mission to the territory of Mambasa, about 219 km south of Bunia, the capital of the ituri district. The aim of the UNJHR investigation mission was not only to look into reports of serious human rights violations and abuses of children by members of the militia…
Kisangani, 26 April 2013 – Several experts from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and from the DRC Government met early this month to reflect on the security and humanitarian situation as well as the situation regarding human rights and justice in Province Orientale. This meeting was a follow-up to the joint evaluation missions carried out in March to eight territories of the…
Kinshasa, 26 April 2013 – On the occasion of the second part of the awareness campaign for the culture of peace, started on Tuesday 16 April, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) appealed for the establishment of interfaith dialogue and culture of peace to avert conflicts in the DR Congo. "The interfaith dialogue, high on today's agenda, is a phenomenon that requires close…
Goma, 23 March 2013 – As part of the joint project on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response in the Nord and Sud Kivu provinces faced with countless cases of human rights violations, mainly sexual violence, the Joint Human Rights Office (BCNUDH) of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) assists the victims by facilitating access to justice and organizing capacity-building activities for…
Kananga, 23 March 2013 – Public awareness campaign for 40 media professionals including 30 women in Kananga, Kasai Occidental province, ended on Friday 22 March 2013. The theme of the workshop was: "Gender, women's participation to elections, peace consolidation and development in Kasaï Occidental" The forum was initiated by the public information section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Uvira, 22 March 2013 – To familiarize civilian populations with the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), the Mission's Public Information Division in Uvira, Sud-Kivu, organized public awareness campaign for 10 secondary schools and universities in the Ruzizi town and plane. Amid plays and games, pupils and students were given responses to their different concerns on the…
Goma, 22 March 2013 – The food products were handed in a ceremony held on 21 March 2013 at the district commissioner's office of the town of Kitchanga, attended by the representative of the provincial commissioner for the Congolese National Police Force (PNC) in Nord-Kivu, the chief of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) as well as all the Kitchanga-posted PNC members. The assistance…
Kisangani, 19 March 2013 - Jacques Kyassa Lofimbo, local staff working for the security department of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Kisangani, is the winner of the United Nations contest organized in December 2012 around the theme: "the needs for training within the UN peacekeeping missions over the next two years". A special prize I-POD phone was sent him by the United…