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

Equateur: Demonstrators demand continued MONUSCO presence in Gbadolite
Mbandaka, 17 November 2010 - Some 3,000 people demonstrated in the Northern town of Gbadolite on Wednesday November 17 calling on the UN Mission "not to abandon the population to its sad fate". The demonstration followed rumours that the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO)…
Stabilisation in North Kivu: Sake gets a new Police Station
Goma, 13 November 2010 - The first police station constructed under the Stabilization Programme for the East (STAREC) was inaugurated on 10 November 2010 at Sake, 30 km southwest of the North Kivu provincial capital, Goma. The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for…
MONUSCO Chief visits Matadi
Matadi, 10 November 2010 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece, paid his first visit to Matadi on 9 November 2010. It was his first visit to the Bas-Congo province since he assumed duties as head of MONUSCO. On…
Corrections Unit, a new section within MONUSCO
Kinshasa, 21 October 2010 - In order to give a new impetus to the corrections work that its Rule of Law section has undertaken on the ground since 2006 by the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), the UN Secretary-General recommended the…
Bukavu: World March of Women
Bukavu, 18 October 2010 - Peace and demilitarisation is the main theme of the third International Action of the World March of Women whose activities were held in Bukavu, South Kivu province from 13 to 17 October 2010. Thousands of people including DRC's First Lady Ms. Olive Lembe Kabila were in…
SRSG Meece briefs Security Council about the challenges faced by MONUSCO
New York/Kinshasa, 15 October 2010 - The horrific attacks in Democratic Republic of the Congo's restive North Kivu province in late July and early August, clearly underscored the importance of civilian protection and had provoked a "major internal review" of the protection programmes being carried…
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UN panel urges support for sexual violence victims in DR Congo
Kinshasa/Geneva, 13 October 2010 – A high-level panel convened by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to hear directly from victims of sexual violence in the DRC reported Wednesday on its preliminary findings that the needs of the victims are largely unmet, particularly in remote areas. The…
Oriental Province: MONUSCO transports important electoral equipment
Kisangani, 11 October 2010 - About 134 tons of election equipment transported by the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) arrived at Kisangani on 9 October 2010 from Kinshasa by ferries. The load was delivered to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)'s…
Ban Ki-moon encouraged by the arrest of “Lieutenant-colonel” Mayele
New York/Kinshasa, 6 October 2010 – UN Secretary-General held his regular monthly press conference at the UN headquarters during which he touched on the "mapping report" concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Concurrently, his Special Representative for sexual violence in conflict…

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.