Beni, 20 July 2010 - MONUSCO has established a temporary operating base (TOB) and is planning to set up another one in the area affected by the military operations being conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). This deployment will increase access and assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and surrounding villages. It will also provide a relay for protection missions. (C aption: General Ajae Kumar…
Mbandaka, 14 July 2010 – Within the framework of its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme, the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) recently inaugurated a press centre equipped with modern working aids, in the town of Gbadolite. The project, worth 9,120 UD dollars, aims to provide decent working conditions for media professionals in this part of Equateur province. The centre, called…
Kinshasa, 14 July 2010- The United Nations Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in the DRC, Leila Zerrougui, the Tunisian Ambassador to the DRC, and the MONUSCO Deputy Force Commander attended a ceremony in Kinshasa to bid farewell to Tunisian peacekeepers as their contingent will be leaving MONUSCO in the coming weeks after ten years of service in the country. They first arrived in the mission in 2001 with a force of 250 soldiers…
Kinshasa, 9 July 2010 - After 3 successful months MONUSCO and representatives of the Congolese civil society symposium's monitoring cell are now approaching the end of a joint sensitization campaign conducted in Kinshasa's 24 communes. The main aim of the project is to inform the population about MONUSCO's mandate and the partnership between MONUSCO and the civil society A team composed of MONUSCO outreach professionals and civil society…
Lubumbashi, 10 July 2010 - Ms Leila Zerrougui, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC and acting head of MONUSCO, presided over the closing of a campaign against impunity for sexual violence, which was launched in Katanga last April. She also inaugurated a photo exhibition showing the exceptional courage of sexual violence victims as well as the efforts undertaken by the United Nations system and civil…
On the night of 13 August 2004, a transit centre assisted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and housing Congolese refugees and Burundian returnees at Gatumba, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi, was brutally attacked by a large group of armed individuals. A total of 152 Congolese refugees from the Tutsi communities of South Kivu known as the Banyamulenge were killed, 106 were wounded and 8 remain missing…
Kinshasa, 5 July 2010 - During his short visit to DRC, UN Secretary-General met with the Congolese civil society at the Mission's headquarters to whom he said: "a vibrant civil society is essential for stability (...) reconciliation (...) sound democracy (...) and respect for human rights." Members of the Civil society took the opportunity to submit their " Memorandum". The Secretary-General REMARKS AT MEETING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY Kinshasa, 30 June…
Kinshasa, 3 July 2010 – Yesterday evening, at about 6 o'clock p.m., a tanker carrying fuel from Bukavu to Uvira overturned and exploded near the locality of Sangue, 33 km north Uvira while a crowd of people were attempting to scavenge the fuel. The cause of the explosion has not been established yet. The explosion left 220 people dead, 111 injured and a dozen houses damaged. MONUSCO deployed teams and equipments to assist the victims: 1…
Kinshasa, 30 June 2010 - During 24 hours stay in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after attending the Fiftieth independence anniversary celebrations, Ban Ki Moon visited MONUC Headquarters to inaugurate the 'Plaque' of MONUSCO (acronym for United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Congo) that takes effect from 01 July, 2010. Speech. Mr. Doss, Mr. Meece, Dear MONUC colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to unveil this plaque…
Kinshasa, 30 June 2010 - The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, arrived in the Congolese capital yesterday to take part in the festivities of the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC). He wished to mark the commitment of the United Nations to the country, and to accompany the transition, from MONUC to MONUSCO, on 01 July 2010 . On this occasion, Radio Okapi asked him three…