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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
Mbandaka: Provincial authorities and MONUSCO call upon journalists to show more professionalism
Mbandaka, 13 May 2014 – Offering better working conditions to journalists, need for journalists to be independent in carrying out their profession in keeping with Media professional standards were the key substance of the message delivered on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day especially…
Provincial authorities in South Kivu review implementation of Addis-Ababa Framework Agreement
Bukavu, South-Kivu, 14 May 2014 – MONUSCO/South Kivu organized a session on DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration) process and mineral traceability for provincial parliamentarians and ministries. Similar exercise was conducted on Thursday 8 May in the same Region. The session helped…
Provincial authorities in South Kivu review implementation of Addis-Ababa Framework Agreement
Bukavu, South-Kivu, 14 May 2014 – MONUSCO/South Kivu organized a session on DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration) process and mineral traceability for provincial parliamentarians and ministries. Similar exercise was conducted on Thursday 8 May in the same Region. The session helped…
- Human Rights
UNJHRO Report on progress and obstacles in the fight against impunity for sexual violence in the DRC
This report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) presents an analysis of the trends in sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from January 2010 until December 2013. It describes progress made by Congolese authorities in prosecuting crimes of sexual violence…
Guatemalan Forces deployed in Haut-Uélé are awarded UN Medals
Dungu, 13 May 2014 – The 150 elements of the Guatemalan Forces deployed within the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) were awarded UN medals on 13 May 2014 in Dungu, Eastern Province, after duly completing their 9-month service in the country. This was the 13th…
Civil Society Organization in Mbandaka, DRC organizes protest march for MONUSCO’s significant presen
Mbandaka, 21 May 2014 - In a memorandum submitted Wednesday 21 May 2014 to the office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)/Mbandaka, the administrative capital of Equateur province, local civil society organizations want the UN Mission to remain…
Press Release
Martin Kobler, Représentant Spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies et Chef de la MONUSCO Zainab Hawa Bangura, Représentante Spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies chargée de la question des violences sexuelles commises en période de conflit Ces haut responsables onusiens exigent…
MONUSCO Trains FARDC Troops in Bunia on How to Use IT Tools
Bangladeshi Peacekeepers of the UN Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO), launched Wednesday 21 May 2014 in Bunia, the administrative capital of the district of Ituri, a training session around the basics for the practical use of IT tools intended for the military personnel of the Armed Forces…
MONUSCO Senior Military Command meet over civilian protection and security issues
Members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission’s senior military command met in Goma on 9 and 10 May 2014 under the chairmanship of the Force Commander Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz to discuss civilians’ protection and security which are both central to MONUSCO’s mandate. On the 1 st day of…
MONUSCO supports efforts for Congolese National Police (PNC) presence in Areas where LRA is active
PNC stations in Nguilima district, located 45 km away from the west of the city of Dungu, in the territory of Haut-Uele, Eastern Province reopened on 23 May 2014; PNC activities there were disrupted in 2008 following a number of raids by Ugandan rebels of the Lord Resistant Army (LRA) The reopening…
We can be proud of our UN Volunteers serving in peacekeeping in DRC
On 29 May, we celebrate International Peacekeeping Day and the contributions of UN Volunteers to advance peace in the world. For this occasion, DRC in Focus met, Kevin Gilroy, Chief of Peace and Development Division, UNV, on the eve of his departure from UNV in May of 2014. After many years spent…