Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), 25 November 2013 - Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes, has begun a week-long mission to help shore up peace efforts in the region, visiting Tanzania, Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She will focus on both the immediate priority of reaching an agreed outcome to the Kampala dialogue, and on encouraging progress in implementing the…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 25 November 2013. Mary Robinson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes, has begun a week-long mission to help shore up peace efforts in the region, visiting Tanzania, Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She will focus on both the immediate priority of reaching an agreed outcome to the Kampala dialogue, and on encouraging progress in implementing the broader…
Goma, 21 November 2013 – In a special interactive live social media broadcast on 21 November 2013 marking his first 100 days in office as head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the D.R. Congo (MONUSCO), Martin Kobler discussed with Internet users around the world what the UN Mission has achieved under his leadership so far. Interacting with users of MONUSCO’s social media outlets (Radio Okapi website, Face Book, Twitter) from the eastern D.R…
Goma, 20 November 2013 – Marking his first 100 days in office as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Martin Kobler led a special ceremony in Goma, North Kivu province, on 20 November 2013, during which a pile of weapons collected from ex-combatants of various armed groups in the country’s east were destroyed. The core message from all speakers of the day was: all armed groups must be…
Goma, 8 November 2013 – A joint official delegation from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) and the Armed Forces of the DR Congo (FARDC) undertook an assessment mission to the hilly locality of Chanzu on 5 November 2013, a day after the FARDC recaptured the area from the M23 rebel movement. The joint mission was led by the MONUSCO Force Commander, General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, the Force Intervention…
Bukavu, 11 November 2013 – A training session on the principles of community policing was held in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province, from 4 to 8 November 2013, for Congolese National Police (PNC) officials of South Kivu, with the support of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The training, which was organized by the United Nations Police (UNPOL) in the context of security…
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The United Nations Volunteers, in partnership with the National Secretariat of the Volunteering and the Subcluster Handicap, organizes a race for solidarity in Kinsasha on December 7, on the occasion of International Volunteer Day. T the race will gather 150 participants, including 30 runners living with disabilities and raise funds for rehabilitating school infrastructure suitable to children living with disabilities. Inscription points: UNV…
Beni, 7 November 2013 – In Beni, North Kivu province, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) on Tuesday, 5 November 2013, gave a set of sewing machines to the Centre d’Apprentissage aux Métiers pour la Paix et le Développement (Professional Training Center for Peace and Development), a voca The equipment was offered by MONUSCO through the Nepalese contingent the Disarmament…
Entebbe, 11 November 2013: Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson, U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russ Feingold, Special Representative of the African Union Boubacar Diarra, European Union Senior Coordinator for the Great Lakes region Koen Vervaeke, and UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in the DRC Martin Kobler regret that the Kampala…