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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
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
Conference-debate on sexual violence in Matadi
Matadi, 13 March 2013 – The United Nations joint office in Bas-Congo province, through the Human Rights section, organized a conference-debate to make an assessment of sexual violence in the province as well as implementation of the legislation in this regard. The conference-debate was organized by…
Kasai Oriental: Provincial Consultations for Post-2015 development
Mbuji Mayi, 11 March 2013 – Provincial consultations on post 2015 development took place in Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï Oriental province, from 18 to 27 February 2013. The consultations consisted in reviewing the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 2015. Organized by the provincial Government…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
MONUSCO supports Gender activities and fight against sexual violence in province Orientale
Kisangani, 20 March 2013 – The office of the prosecutor of the high court of Kisangani held two-day reflections, 11 - 12 March 2013, to harmonize the different interventions of the actors involved in the fight against sexual violence in province Orientale. About fifty participants participated in…
MONUSCO Gender section/Kisangani increases Widows’ Awareness in Lubunga
Kisangani, 23 March 2013 – The Gender section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized on 14 March an awareness session on the promotion of women's rights in Kisangani, province Orientale. More than fifty female members of a…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
MONUSCO backs judiciary officials’ fight against sexual violence
Goma, 23 March 2013 – As part of the joint project on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response in the Nord and Sud Kivu provinces faced with countless cases of human rights violations, mainly sexual violence, the Joint Human Rights Office (BCNUDH) of the United Nations Organization Stabilization…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
MONUSCO organizes debate over sexual violence at a university
Goma, 20 March 2013 – On 18 March, as part of the women's month activities, the Gender and Public Information divisions of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the students' committee of the "Université Libre" in…
MONUSCO staff wins UN competition
Kisangani, 19 March 2013 - Jacques Kyassa Lofimbo, local staff working for the security department of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Kisangani, is the winner of the United Nations contest organized in December 2012 around the…
MONUSCO Police hands over 1 tonne of food products to Congolese National Police Force in Kitchanga
Goma, 22 March 2013 – The food products were handed in a ceremony held on 21 March 2013 at the district commissioner's office of the town of Kitchanga, attended by the representative of the provincial commissioner for the Congolese National Police Force (PNC) in Nord-Kivu, the chief of the United…
MONUSCO increase pupils’ and students’ awareness of the Mission’s mandate in Uvira
Uvira, 22 March 2013 – To familiarize civilian populations with the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), the Mission's Public Information Division in Uvira, Sud-Kivu, organized public awareness campaign for 10 secondary…
MONUSCO sensitizes female media professionals in Kasaï Occidental
Kananga, 23 March 2013 – Public awareness campaign for 40 media professionals including 30 women in Kananga, Kasai Occidental province, ended on Friday 22 March 2013. The theme of the workshop was: "Gender, women's participation to elections, peace consolidation and development in Kasaï Occidental"…
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