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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
Joint Assessment Mission to identify a Transit Centre for SPLM/A IO elements
Kinshasa, 20 September 2016 - A joint assessment mission team composed of the DRC Minister of Defence and other GoDRC representatives, MONUSCO Force Commander and civilian members from 20-22 September will visit several locations in North Kivu, Orientale, Ituri and Haut-Uele provinces with a view to…
DR Congo: The members of the Security Council stressed the crucial importance of peaceful, credible, inclusive and timely presidential elections
The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concerns about the violent clashes between protestors and security forces that took place in Kinshasa and several other locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 19 and 20 September. They strongly condemned the violence, which has…
- Human Rights
DRC: Zeid warns of deteriorating situation, urges accountability for deadly clashes
GENEVA (22 September 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday issued a strong warning about the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and insisted that, as part of the effort to avert a major crisis, there must be accountability for…
Sensitization of Youth on Pacification, Social Dialogue and Peaceful co-existence in Kibirizi – North Kivu
Goma – 21 September 2016: MONUSCO Civil Affairs Section in collaboration with the North Kivu Provincial Ministry of Interior through its Support Unit for Pacification and the Catholic diocesan youth center in Goma have organized 2 days of activities on a social dialogue which began on 20th of…
“MONUSCO has no hidden agenda”!
The statement was made by the chief of MONUSCO-Uvira interim sub-office in a special press briefing held on Monday 26 September at the UN Mission/Uvira headquarters in response to the persisting rumors that the Mission was illegally smuggling weapons into this South-Kivu territory. Uvira, 26…
- Human Rights
Remarks by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council on the DR Congo
Geneva, 27 September 2016 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, For 20 years the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been a partner of the Congolese people and authorities. A long-standing commitment to the DRC. Just this summer, the High Commissioner, at…
- Human Rights
Situation of human rights and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 30/26, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports on the human rights situation and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June 2015 to…
Visit of Princess Caroline of Monaco and Brazilian Ambassador to Kitchanga
The Princess of Monaco Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline and the Brazilian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo His Excellency Paoulo UCHOA have visited the Internal Displaced Persons camp in Mungote in Kitchanga situated about 80 km west of Goma and hosting over 15 thousand people on…
Inauguration of Congolese National Police (PNC) Health Centre constructed by MONUSCO in Rutshuru
Rutshuru, 28 September, 2016 – The North Kivu Provincial Commissioner of Police, General Awachango Vital, and the representative of MONUSCO’s Goma Head of Office, Joseph Balironda, have hailed the construction of a brand new PNC Health Centre in Rutshuru, a remote locality situated in the North Kivu…
Infographic on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
The management of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel in peace operations is a complicated matter. Several actors are involved and many steps have to be taken. More than often we have struggled to clarify the process and simplify it to our various audiences and among…
Political polarization in DR Congo may spark ‘large-scale violence,’ UN envoy warns Security Council
11 October 2016 – Warning of an extremely fragile political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where “actors on all sides appear more and more willing to resort to violence to achieve their ends,” the top United Nations official in the country called today on the Security…
Statement by the Head of MONUSCO, Maman Sambo Sidikou, to the UN Security Council
11 October 2016 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil de sécurité, Je vous remercie de l'opportunité qui m'est offerte de vous entretenir sur la situation en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Je concentrerai mon propos sur la situation politique, sécuritaire et humanitaire, les…