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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
United Nations is currently holding a training for the Congolese police personnel about securing refugees’ relocation process
Bunia, November 16, 2019 - Twenty members of the Congolese National Police Force (PNC), including two women police, from Isiro, Kinshasa, Faradje, Dungu and Bunia have been receiving a 12-day training since November 11 in Bunia, Ituri about securing of the refugees’ relocation process for the South…
USG Catherine Pollard interacts with MONUSCO staff
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, Catherine Pollard, is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the first time. During her visit, from 24 to 28 November 2019, she has encouraged staff and discussed with them the prospects and…
Jane Connors: "Victims are at the heart of our concerns"
The UN Victims' Rights Advocate (VRA), Jane Connors, is on a working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of her mandate. Her role is to ensure that the rights and dignity of victims are at the forefront of the United Nations’ efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated…
UN working to prevent attacks on civilians in eastern DR Congo
Peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were conducting extensive patrols in the east of the country on Tuesday, one day after demonstrators set fire to buildings to protest lack of civilian protection in the face of attacks by armed groups. Angry residents…
Jane Connors calls for "dignified" care for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse
The United Nations Victims’ Rights Advocate (VRA), Jane Connors, wrapped up her working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, from November 21 to 29, 2019, by the South Kivu province, after visiting Kinshasa and Goma. While in the South-Kivu province, Jane Connors visited Panzi Hospital in…
Jean-Pierre Lacroix: "Everyone should learn the lessons from what has happened"
During his two-day visit to DRC, UN Peace Operations Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix held a press conference on MONUSCO site in Beni which was damaged by violent demonstrations against the Mission. Mr. Lacroix appealed to everyone to "learn the lessons from the recent days’ events." He also called on the…
DRC: Sexual violence still a painful reality of conflict, a UN official says
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict concluded her tour of eastern DRC after visiting Goma and Bukavu from 29 November to 2 December 2019. Pramila Patten is on her first official visit to the DRC. She is currently in Kinshasa where she will meet…
Abdoul Aziz Thioye: "the report on the violence in Djugu is not directed against a community"
Bunia, 15 January 2020 - The Director of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, Abdoul Aziz Thioye, paid a brief visit to Bunia in Ituri on Tuesday, 14 January 2020, to meet with local authorities and the population after the release, 4 days earlier, in Geneva, Switzerland, by the Office of…
Beni: MONUSCO's mandate at the heart of an exchange between MONUSCO Police and community leaders
A Beni-based MONUSCO Police (UNPOL) team met on Tuesday 14 January 2020 with leaders of the Mulekera and Bungulu communities, in the Bundji health area in Beni, North Kivu, to discuss the mandate of MONUSCO in general, and that of MONUSCO Police in particular. These exchanges aimed at restoring and…
Leila Zerrougui: "There are clarified provisions to make MONUSCO more effective".
Kinshasa, 15 January 2020 - During her first press conference for the year 2020, on Wednesday 15 January in Kinshasa, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO, Leila Zerrougui, stated that in the new mandate of MONUSCO adopted by the UN Security Council on 19…
Independent assessment of MONUSCO’s response to recent attacks against civilians in Béni area, DRC
On 9 December 2019, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations asked Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz to lead an independent assessment of MONUSCO’s response to the high number of attacks against civilians allegedly committed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Beni…
The first-ever female Pakistani UN peacekeeping team receives UN medals
South-Kivu, RDC, 4 January 2020 - The first ever Pakistani Female Engagement team in any United Nations (UN) mission around the world received UN medals for serving in the Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). A team of 15 Pakistani women officers, on Friday, 31…