Maj Jaidev Singh Guleria (India) who passed away in an unfortunate road accident on 07 Oct 2011 joined MONUSCO as MILOB on 10 Nov 2010. The officer served as MILOB at Team Site Masisi in North Kivu Bde for seven months prior to his present appointment as SO MOVCON, Kinshasa. DETAILS OF MAJ JAIDEV SINGH GULERIA Ser No Details Remarks 1. IC No, Rank and Name IC-64992H Maj Jaidev Singh Guleria 2. Regt/Corps Artillery 3. Status in Msn MILOB 4. Date…
Photo: Bilamekaso Tchagbele/MONUSCO Bunia, 30 September 2011 – In a joint effort to help achieve peaceful elections in the Ituri district, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) organized a two-day workshop beginning on 28 September. The…
Photo: MONUSCO Goma, 5 October 2011 - Brigadier-General, Harinder Singh, an infantry officer, arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to take over the command of Nord Kivu Brigade on 3 October 2011. His predecessor, General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, left the country three days later after more than a year of service with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). Brigadier-Genereal…
Photo: MONUSCO Kinshasa, 5 October 2011 – The soft spoken Brigadier-General Chandi Prasad Mohanty is on his way out of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after more than a year of service in this country with the blue helmets as Commander-in-Chief of the Nord Kivu Brigade. Ge.l Mohanty vividly remembers he date he landed in the DRC. "1st September 2010," he simply said. Since that date, he took control of the Nord Kivu province, eastern DRC…
Photo: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO Lieutenant-General Babakar Gaye, Military Advisor to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 25 to 30 September, to meet with peacekeepers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO). In the following interview given to MONUSCO's Radio Okapi, General Gaye tells us what his visit was about. Radio Okapi: General…
Photo: Maj Ramesh Gurung/MONUSCO Beni, 30 September 2011 – Peacekeepers of the 15th Nepalese Battalion awarded seven students their graduation certificates at a ceremony organized in Beni, Nord Kivu province, on 28 September. The graduation comes as the crowning of nine months of training in English literature and computer science at the Vocational Training Centre/Peace and Development (VTC/PD) set by the Nepalese Peacekeepers of the United…
Photo: Moussa Demba Diallo/ MONUSCO Beni, 19 September 2011 – For two days, starting on 13 September 2011, a joint UN team visited the localities of Isale and Bulambo, Nord-Kivu province, Eastern DRC to verify allegations that the villagers had fled their farms following clashes between elements of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and unidentified armed men. The team made of experts from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the…
Photo: Myriam Asmani/MONUSCO Mbandaka, 12 September 2011 – A delegation from the Corrections Unit of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) was in Mbandaka, capital of Equateur province, on 12 September during which they discussed with local authorities on the conditions of prisoners in local prisons. Previous mission assessments conducted by MONUSCO experts revealed that the conditions of prisoners…
Photo: Biliamino Alao/MONUSCO The Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Lt. Gen. Chander Prakash, was in Bukavu, South Kivu province, for two days starting on 13 September 2011. While there, he met with brigade and sector commanders to fine tune the Force's operational plans for the coming six months. He also met with the commander of the 10th military region of the National…
Photo: Clara Padovan/MONUSCO Goma, 14 September 2011 – It was like re living a Hollywood-type action movie in Walikale territory, Nord-Kivu province, on 9 September 2001. An alert about an attack by the rebel Mai Mai Cheka group on villagers in this remote rural area reached a team of peacekeepers who were on stand-by in the vicinity. The group had just attacked the villages of Mutakato, Mpofi and Kigoma, all located in Walikale territory. The…