Bunia, 11 September 2010 - Lieutenant-General Chander Prakash, new MONUSCO Force Commander visited Ituri for the first time from 7 to 9 September last to see for himself how the security situation is evolving in that part of Oriental province, especially the district of Walendu Bindi. He reiterated MONUSCO's support to FARDC in terms of civilians' protection. General Prakash who officially assumed office on 13 August last visited the…
Kinshasa, 14 September 2010 – While the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) is continuing its effort to reduce violence in eastern DRC, its is also focusing on the stabilisation and peace consolidation activities. On 16 September, MONUSCO Civil Affairs section (CAS), UNDP and Government's partners finalised an action plan for the training of 500 public servants to be deployed in the two Kivus and Ituri…
16 September 2010 - As part of the Quick Impact Project (QIP), MONUSCO Guatemalan Special Forces contingent undertook the construction of detention facilities for females in Bunia. The initiative was in response to a request from the public prosecutor of the Ituri district, supported by MONUSCO Rule of Law section. This project will provide female detainees with a safe accommodation before standing trial. With a funding of 13, 000 USD from…
16 September 2010 - From 30 August to 10 September, 60 journalists and media managers from North and South Kivu province took part in a workshop held respectively in Bukavu and in Goma to reinforce their capacities on media coverage of sexual violence trials. The training was organized by United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (MONUSCO-OHCHR) with the collaboration of the canadian NGO 'Journalists for Human Rights'.The objective is to improve…
Goma, 18 August 2010 - On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, three Indian Blue Helmets of the IV Battalion were killed in an attack on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)'s base at Kirumba, some 150 kilometers north of Goma, perpetrated by a group of armed men. Seven other peacekeepers were wounded during the attack, including three soldiers left in serious condition. The Mission has opened an…
Kinshasa, 30 August 2010 – Pursuant to rapes earlier this month in North Kivu, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon decided to dispatch on the ground the Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations. Atul Khare who arrived in Kinshasa on August 28 for a one-week mission that will take him to the regions of Kirumba and Kibua in North and South Kivu Given the seriousness of the events that occurred in Kibua region, where over 150…
Mbandaka , 1 September 2010 - The Child Protection Section has organized a training this week for fifty officers of the 3rd Military Region of the FARDC . The purpose of this training was to help these soldiers understand the laws on child protection in order to integrate the key messages such as the basic concepts and rules for child protection in the exercise of their mandate. The day of training for FARDC senior and junior officers on the…
Goma, 19 August 2010 - A ceremony in honor of the three Indian soldiers killed yesterday in an attack in MONUSCO base in Kirumba was held today at the international airport of Goma in the presence of military and civilian authorities of the mission and of the province of North Kivu who paid a glowing tribute to the sacrifice of these soldiers of peace. The bodies of the three peacekeepers - Sergeant Omkar Singh, Corporal Suraj Bhagwan Budania and…
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…