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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
Leila Zerrougui on working visit to Goma and Kisangani
Goma, 7 August 2010 - The United Nations Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Leila Zerrougui concluded on Friday, 6 August 2010, her 72-hour stay in the eastern North Kivu and Oriental provinces, where, among other things, she looked at issues…
A UN mission in DRC to assess electoral assistance to DRC
Kinshasa, 3 August 2010 - A delegation from the Electoral Assistance Division of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs has been in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since July 25, in order to determine the World organization's future role in supporting the…
MONUSCO and UNMAC destroy 390 small arms and a large amount of ammunition
Goma, 2 August 2010 - The DDRRR Section of MONUCSCO and its partners destroyed 390 small arms (Kalashnikov, machine guns, etc) collected from FDLR fighters who have joined the demobilization process. The weapons were destroyed during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Uruguayan contingent of…
MONUSCO and partners discuss security sector reform
Kinshasa, 30 July 2010 - On 20 July 2010, an important working meeting brought together the Security Sector Reform Section of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), international partners from 12 partner countries, several UN agencies and…
Equator : MONUSCO enhances media capacity in North Ungi
Mbandaka, 28 July 2010 - MONUSCO Public Information Office held, from 20 to 22 July,.a two-day seminar for Media professionals in Gbadolite, North Ubangi District. The participants were very appreciative and expressed a warm gratitude to MONUSCO for this initiative. The second of its kins in the…
Indian Blue Helmets shore-up FARDC families and people of Kiwanja
Goma, 27 July 2010 - MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade Commander, Kumar Sharma, inaugurated a Quick Impact Project (QIP) "Vocational Training Centre for the families of FARDC" and presented to FARDC authorities at Rutshuru during an official ceremony, on 19 Jul 2010, amidst presence of local authorities…
Military ceremony at MONUSCO welcoming Mission’s new chief
Kinshasa, 26 July 2010 - A military ceremony was held this morning at 8 a.m. at MONUC headquarters in Kinshasa, to welcome Roger A. Meece, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic…
MONUSCO sets up temporary operating bases in Beni, North Kivu
Beni, 20 July 2010 - MONUSCO has established a temporary operating base (TOB) and is planning to set up another one in the area affected by the military operations being conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). This deployment will increase access and assistance to…
Equateur: MONUSCO supports the press corps in North Ubangi
Mbandaka, 14 July 2010 – Within the framework of its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme, the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) recently inaugurated a press centre equipped with modern working aids, in the town of Gbadolite. The…
Farewell ceremony for Tunisian contingent.
Kinshasa, 14 July 2010- The United Nations Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in the DRC, Leila Zerrougui, the Tunisian Ambassador to the DRC, and the MONUSCO Deputy Force Commander attended a ceremony in Kinshasa to bid farewell to Tunisian peacekeepers as their contingent will be…
MONUSCO and the civil society approaching end of sensitization campaign in Kinshasa.
Kinshasa, 9 July 2010 - After 3 successful months MONUSCO and representatives of the Congolese civil society symposium's monitoring cell are now approaching the end of a joint sensitization campaign conducted in Kinshasa's 24 communes. The main aim of the project is to inform the population about…
The Deputy Special Representative on mission to Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi, 10 July 2010 - Ms Leila Zerrougui, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC and acting head of MONUSCO, presided over the closing of a campaign against impunity for sexual violence, which was launched in Katanga last April. She also inaugurated a…