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…
Goma, 9 September 2010 - The outbursts of violence, armed gangs activities in Walikale and Masisi territories and the numerous cases of human rights violations have led the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DRC ( MONUSCO ) to launch the "Operation Shop Window " in the areas of Pinga - Kibua -Walikale, at least until September 15 .This Operation is designed to reassure the population and show MONUSCO commitment to use all its resources to…
New York, 7 September 2010 - Sent at the end of August in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) by UN chief Ban Ki - moon to shed light on the circumstances of mass rape in the east , the Under - Secretary General for Operations of peacekeeping, Atul Khare , reiterated on Tuesday at the Security Council, the importance of putting an end to impunity and to mobilize the necessary resources to bring to justice those responsible for the crimes. "It…
New York, 31 August 2010 - Rape wild mass of civilians by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) show once more the necessity of ending the impunity for the perpetrators of these crimes , insisted Tuesday the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations to sexual violence in the candied, Margot Wallström. On the occasion of a press conference at UN headquarters in New York , she returned to the rape…
Vienna, 7 September 2010 - The International Press Institute (IPI) today honoured Radio Okapi, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the 2010 'Free Media Pioneer' award. Radio Okapi began broadcasting on 25 February 2002 as a public service station with the aim of contributing to the building of peace in the DRC. The radio station is jointly managed by the Fondation Hirondelle in Switzerland, and the United Nations Organization…