Uvira, 18 June 2012 – On 16 June 2012, in Uvira territory, Sud Kivu, one thousand orphaned children celebrated the Day of the African child. The celebrations took place at the Usalama Institute in Sange, Ruzizi plain. Choosing the city of Sange to mark this day was not random. Indeed, in July 2010, a fire caused considerable property damage and casualties. Many of the children who were present are actually survivors and the community will long…
Kisangani, 18 June 2012 - On the occasion of the African Child Day celebration in Kisangani, Province Orientale, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) brought gifts to schools and centers for children living with physical disabilities. These centers include the Centre Cimama (stand up in Swahili), which shelters children with physical disabilities, Espoir (hope in French) for children…
Goma, 18 June 2012 – A sizeable delegation, made of national and provincial authorities, donors and United Nations officials, was in Mugunga, Nord-Kivu province, on Friday, 15 June 2012, for the official inauguration of the new training center for the Congolese National Police (PNC) there. The officials at the ceremony included the Minister of the Interior, Decentralization and Customary Affairs, the Nord-Kivu Governor, the Congolese National…
Bukavu, 14 June 2012 - Géneviève Inagosi, the Congolese Minister for Gender, Family and Children, and Marie Oniwa and Elsie Effange-Mbella, respectively Heads of the Sexual Violence and Gender Units of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), were on official visit to Sud-Kivu province from 11 to 13 June 2012. The aim of the mission was to evaluate the coordination of activities carried…
Kinshasa, 18 June 2012 - The Office of Gender Affairs of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has completed a series of workshops across the country to sensitize members of the Congolese National Police (PNC) on the integration of gender issues in their role of protecting civilians. The workshops took place in Kananga (Kasaï Occidental province), Lubumbashi (Katanga), Kindu (Maniema)…
Goma, 29 May 2012 – A joint mission composed of military and civilian officials from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) visited Bunagana, a town in Rutshuru territory, which experienced violent clashes in the course of May, causing the inhabitants to flee to safety in neighboring Uganda. The visiting delegation, which was led by MONUSCO Force Commander, Major General Chander Prakash…
Bukavu, 19 May 2012 – Relevant officials from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), conducted a meeting with Congolese judicial actors of the penal chain in Bukavu, capital of Sud-Kivu on 19 May 2012, to evaluate the impact of a program of inspection visits to all detention centers in the area, undertaken since January 2011. The…
Mbandaka, 9 June 2012 – « United Nations Peacekeepers : Myths and Realities » was the theme of a conference organized in Mbandaka, Equateur province, on Friday, 8 June 2012, by the Public Information Section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). About a hundred students and several teachers took part in this conference, which was held at the Institute of Rural Development in…
Bunia, 15 June 2012 –Twenty-five officers and non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) underwent five-day training on sexual violence. During the workshop which started on Thursday, 7 June, the following related topics were also addressed, namely human rights and child protection, international humanitarian law, gender and military Code of Conduct. Organized by the United Nations Organization…
Geneva, 19 June 2012 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, expressed deep concern Tuesday about the safety of the civilian population living in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting continues between the Congolese army and the M23 movement, which has been conducting a mutiny in North Kivu Province under the leadership of a particularly notorious group of human rights violators. "The leaders of the…