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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 civil society organizations’ efforts for peace consolidation in Eastern Kasaï province
Mbuji-Mayi, 27 August 2013 – An awareness and information campaign conducted in five municipalities of Mbuji-Mayi, the administrative capital of the Eastern Kasaï province on the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) concluded on 27 August…
- Human Rights
Report on human rights violations perpetrated by armed groups during attacks in Masisi territory
This report focuses on grave violations of human rights, including arbitrary executions and forced displacement on a large scale, perpetrated against civilians in Masisi territory, North Kivu province, between April and September 2012. The UNJHRO confirms the arbitrary executions of at least 264…
- Human Rights
Report on deaths in detention centres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The phenomenon of deaths in detention centres in the DRC is a priority theme for the UNJHRO due to its seriousness and scale. Between 2004 and 2005, the The phenomenon of deaths in detention centres in the DRC is a priority theme for the UNJHRO due to its seriousness and scale. Between 2004 and 2005…
- Human Rights
Report on human rights violations perpetrated near Sake, Goma and Minova
On 20 and 22 November 2012, and until the beginning of their withdrawal on 1 December 2012, combatants of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebellion seized Goma and Sake, North Kivu, while troops of the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) retreated towards Minova, South Kivu province. The present report…
- Human Rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on the situation of human rights in the DRC - 2013
This report covering the period from November 2011 to May 2013 assesses the progress made by the authorities in the implementation of recommendations made by UN human rights mechanisms. It commends important developments, including the promulgation of a law on the establishment of a national human…
UN envoy stresses need to tackle impunity in DR Congo
7 September 2013 – A top United Nations official focusing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has stressed the need to address impunity in the country, which has seen massive displacement over the past year along with pervasive violence and rights abuses. "We will not repeat the past…
Political option could help bring the war to an end
Goma, 6 September 2013 – "Political option could help bring the war and atrocities in the North Kivu to an end and find a lasting solution to the crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo" according to a joint press statement in Goma on Friday, 6 September by the UN Special Envoy for…
Civil society and provincial officials in Aru sensitized on new MONUSCO’s mandate
Aru, 6 September 2013 - In Eastern Province, the public information section of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized, on 6 September in Aru, district of Ituri, an information workshop for local population on the UN Mission's current mandate…
ASG John Barkat visits the D.R. Congo
Kinshasa, 9 September 2013 - Assistant Secretary General (ASG) John Barkat, Head of the United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services (UNOMS), visited MONUSCO from 2 to 6 September 2013. The purpose of the visit was to encourage the use of informal conflict resolution services provided by UNOMS as…
MONUSCO Builds and Equips a Medical Clinic in Mahagi, Ituri District, Oriental Province
Mahagi, 12 September 2013 - In Mahagi, Ituri district, Oriental Province, a health clinic built and equipped by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) to help people in this locality and surround area who are sick, was inaugurated and…
300 children in Kananga, Western Kasai, made aware of dangers of unexploded ordnance
Kananga, 12 September 2013 – In Kananga, Western Kasaï province, the United Nations Mine Action Coordination Center, in collaboration with the Public Information Section of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), organized an awareness campaign on…