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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
- Human Rights
Principales tendances des violations des droits de l’homme en septembre 2017
Durant le mois de septembre 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 644 violations des droits de l’homme sur l’ensemble du territoire de la RDC, soit une augmentation de 46% par rapport au mois d’août 2017, au cours duquel 441 violations avaient été documentées. Les agents de l’Etat ont commis 374 violations –…
Statement of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union on the publication of the Electoral Calendar in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Addis Ababa, 7 November 2017: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, notes with satisfaction the publication by the Independent National Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the electoral calendar for the combined Presidential…
Ms. Kim Bolduc of Canada - Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Kim Bolduc of Canada as his Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), where she will also serve as United Nations Resident…
Joint Communique - The African Union and the United Nations welcome the publication of the electoral calendar in the DRC and urge for consensus on the electoral process
Addis Ababa, 9th November, 2017: The African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail Chergui, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and…
DR Congo: Security Council underscores need to bring killers of UN experts to justice
7 November 2017 – Reiterating the need to bring to justice the killers of two United Nations expert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council urged the country’s authorities to continue to cooperate with investigations into the incident. The experts, Michael Sharp of the United…
MONUSCO calls for the respect of the freedom to demonstrate in a peaceful and restrained manner
Kinshasa, 14 November 2017 – At a time when several political and civil society organizations are calling for demonstrations across the entire Democratic Republic of the Congo, starting on 15 November, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Woman peacekeeper wins the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year award
New York/Vancouver, 15 November 2017 – A UN peacekeeper from South Africa was today awarded the United Nations’ Military Gender Advocate of the Year in Vancouver, Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix…
- Human Rights
Principales tendances des violations des droits de l’homme en octobre 2017
Durant le mois d’octobre 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 704 violations des droits de l’homme sur l’ensemble du territoire de la RDC, soit une nouvelle augmentation par rapport au mois précédent, au cours duquel une forte hausse avait déjà été enregistrée (644 violations, contre 441 au mois d’août). La…
MONUSCO interacts with the population in Haut Lomami to cultivate peace and non-violence
Kamina, 4 th December 2017- Raising youth awareness of the culture of peace, tolerance and non-violence and preventing the manipulation of youth in the electoral time was the objective of the mega public concert on the culture of peace, tolerance and peaceful coexistence organized by MONUSCO…
Deadly attack against peacekeepers in North Kivu
It is with profound sadness that I must announce that our United Nations family has lost at least 14 colleagues in North Kivu during the attacks which occurred on the evening of 7 December 2017, when suspected ADF elements conducted an attack against a MONUSCO Company Operating Base at Semuliki in…
Security Council Press statement on the attack against the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack against the Company Operating Base of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) at Semuliki, North Kivu on 7 December 2017, which caused the death of 15 Tanzanian…
- Press Conferences
MONUSCO applauds the decision rendered by the South Kivu Military Court in the Kavumu trial against Frederic Batumike, a provincial member of Parliament from South-Kivu province, and 11 people involved in the kidnapping and rape of 38 children
Kinshasa, 15 th December 2017 - MONUSCO applauds the decision rendered by the South Kivu Military Court in the Kavumu trial on 13 th December 2017, for the kidnapping and rapes of 38 children in which the South Kivu provincial Member of Parliament, Frederic Batumike, and 11 other persons were…