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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
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…
MONUSCO calls for the establishment of interfaith dialogue to avert conflicts in DRC
Kinshasa, 26 April 2013 – On the occasion of the second part of the awareness campaign for the culture of peace, started on Tuesday 16 April, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) appealed for the establishment of interfaith dialogue and…
MONUSCO and Government meet over Security Situation in Province Orientale
Kisangani, 26 April 2013 – Several experts from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and from the DRC Government met early this month to reflect on the security and humanitarian situation as well as the situation regarding human rights…
Some 369 victims of Mai Mai Simba in Mambasa, Ituri district, interviewed by UN investigators
Bunia, 26 April 2013 – From 24 to 29 March 2013, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office(UNJHRO), in collaboration with the Military Prosecutor's Office, conducted an investigation mission to the territory of Mambasa, about 219 km south of Bunia, the capital of the ituri district. The aim of…
Mary Robinson to build confidence among signatories to Addis Ababa Peace Framework
Goma, 2 May 2013 – The UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy, Mary Robinson, conducted a nine-day visit to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, starting 28 April 2013. After spending two days in Kinshasa where she met with the President of the Republic, Joseph Kabila, and UN officials, she travelled to…
Journalists in Kisangani address challenges met by their Corporation
Kisangani, 6 May 2013 – Journalists in Kisangani, the administrative capital of province Orientale, commemorated the press freedom day on Friday, 3 May 2013. They took this opportunity to brainstorm on the challenges that confront them daily in the course of their work. The celebration was jointly…
Pakistani peacekeeper killed in an ambush in the South-Kivu province
Kinshasa, 08 May 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack perpetrated Tuesday 7 May 2013 on one of its military convoy, between Walungu and Bukavu, in the Sud-Kivu province that killed one…
Security Council Press Statement on attack against MONUSCO
New York, 8 May 2013 - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the targeted attack and attempted hostage taking by unidentified assailants against a MONUSCO (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) military convoy moving…
Over a hundred women and girls raped in the Kivu in November 2012
Kinshasa, 8 May 2013 – In a report published Wednesday, 8 May, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) revealed gross violations of international humanitarian and human rights committed in November 2012 during the clashes between the National Armed Forces (FARDC) and the M23 rebels…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
84 judiciary police officers trained in Bunia to fight sexual violence
Bunia, 12 May 2013 – Eighty-four police officers, including two women, underwent five weeks of training in the Ituri district, province Orientale, on gender-based sexual violence. The participants who hailed from the four districts of the province, met in the main town of Bunia to attend this…
The African Union asserts its presence in DR Congo
Goma, 14 May 2013 – A delegation of 15 ambassadors, members of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, arrived on official mission in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on 13 May 2013. The delegation came to enquire about the security situation and the imminent deployment of…