MONUSCO
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Press conferences

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MONUSCO organizes a weekly press conference every Wednesday that serves as a communication space for the Mission and all UN agencies in DR Congo. The press conference is broadcast live on Radio Okapi and on MONUSCO's web platforms.

contacts :
Spokesman:
Ndeye Khady Lo - Tel: +243 997068227

Media Relations:
Adele Lukoki - Tel: +243 81 89 077 06

  • Gender
Colorful celebration of the International Women’s Day in Kisangani
On Tuesday 8 March 2016, roughly a hundred groups of women from public and private institutions as well as religious, political and non-political organizations participated in a march organized by the provincial authority on the main roads of the city of Kisangani up to the post office compound…
  • Gender
MONUSCO celebrates “Women’s Month” with Trade school students in Uvira
Uvira, 4 April 2016 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo actively participated in a conference-debate in Uvira to mark the end of the Women’s Day celebrations as commemorated the whole of the month of March in the DRC “ Women’s Month. “ The theme of the conference revolved…
MONUSCO helps organize a roundtable on insecurity in Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi, 13 April 2016- The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the Civil Society Interprovincial Consultation Framework of the Grand Katanga organized, in Lubumbashi on Tuesday, 12 April 2016, a day of reflection on the security situation in the…
  • Gender
Celebration of the International Wowen’s Day by MONUSCO’s Gender Section
MONUSCO’s Gender Section celebrated the 2016 Edition of the International Women’s Day between 8-16 March 2016 in Goma, Bunia, Kisangani and Bukavu and in Masisi territory in Eastern DRC. The day was set aside to celebrate women’s achievements and their contributions in various fields; their…
  • Gender
MONUSCO Gender Section organized a thematic round table
Some 50 participants from the civil society, local authorities, academics, journalists and MONUSCO staff took part in the debates in the framework of a thematic round table held in MONUSCO HQ in Goma on March 12th. The round table was organized by the Gender Section in collaboration with Civil…

United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

MONUSCO took over from an earlier UN peacekeeping operation – the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) – on 1 July 2010. It was done in accordance with Security Council resolution 1925 of 28 May to reflect the new phase.