11 October 2016 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil de sécurité, Je vous remercie de l'opportunité qui m'est offerte de vous entretenir sur la situation en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Je concentrerai mon propos sur la situation politique, sécuritaire et humanitaire, les défis auxquels la RDC est confrontée, et l'appui que le Conseil de sécurité pourrait apporter aux efforts collectifs de la Mission de l'Organisation…
11 October 2016 – Warning of an extremely fragile political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where “actors on all sides appear more and more willing to resort to violence to achieve their ends,” the top United Nations official in the country called today on the Security Council to urge the parties to return to dialogue, guarantee the right to peaceful opposition and to end impunity for violence. “The tipping point towards…
The management of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel in peace operations is a complicated matter. Several actors are involved and many steps have to be taken. More than often we have struggled to clarify the process and simplify it to our various audiences and among ourselves. PAS in consultation with the DFS Conduct and Discipline Unit has designed and developed the attached infographic. This new tool aims to visualise…
Rutshuru, 28 September, 2016 – The North Kivu Provincial Commissioner of Police, General Awachango Vital, and the representative of MONUSCO’s Goma Head of Office, Joseph Balironda, have hailed the construction of a brand new PNC Health Centre in Rutshuru, a remote locality situated in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as a milestone for the Peacekeeping Mission and for its already close relationship with the…
The Princess of Monaco Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline and the Brazilian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo His Excellency Paoulo UCHOA have visited the Internal Displaced Persons camp in Mungote in Kitchanga situated about 80 km west of Goma and hosting over 15 thousand people on the 28 of September 2016. While interacting with the women leaders in the camp Princess Caroline said “she has come to see the situation on the ground…
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 30/26, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports on the human rights situation and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June 2015 to May 2016. The report assesses the progress made by the Government in implementing the previous recommendations made by the United Nations High…
Geneva, 27 September 2016 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, For 20 years the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been a partner of the Congolese people and authorities. A long-standing commitment to the DRC. Just this summer, the High Commissioner, at the invitation of the Government, was in the DRC to discuss a wide range of human rights concerns, including accountability for human rights violations…
The statement was made by the chief of MONUSCO-Uvira interim sub-office in a special press briefing held on Monday 26 September at the UN Mission/Uvira headquarters in response to the persisting rumors that the Mission was illegally smuggling weapons into this South-Kivu territory. Uvira, 26 September 2016 – “ Such unfounded rumors should stop for MONUSCO has nothing to hide”. With these words, Armand Forster, Chief of MONUSCO Interim Sub-Office…
Goma – 21 September 2016: MONUSCO Civil Affairs Section in collaboration with the North Kivu Provincial Ministry of Interior through its Support Unit for Pacification and the Catholic diocesan youth center in Goma have organized 2 days of activities on a social dialogue which began on 20th of September and culminated in the Commemoration of the UN Peace day 21 September 2016 in Kibirizi situated about 165 Km north of Goma in Rutshuru territory of…
GENEVA (22 September 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday issued a strong warning about the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and insisted that, as part of the effort to avert a major crisis, there must be accountability for the killing of dozens of civilians and other human rights violations that took place during the outbreak of violence earlier this week. “I am deeply…