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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
- Human Rights
Report of the UNJHRO on Human Rights violations committed by agents of the Congolese National Police
The present report by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) focuses on serious violations of human rights, namely summary and extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances, committed against civilians by agents of the Congolese National Police (PNC) during Operation Likofi…
World Food Day:
Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC, celebrates the vital role of smallholder farmers in the Congolese society Goma, 16 October 2014 – On the occasion of the World Food Day, observed under the theme Family Farming, Martin Kobler underlines its crucial…
North Kivu:
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO condemns in the strongest terms the heinous attacks against the population in Beni and vigorously reiterates the common determination of MONUSCO and FARDC to neutralize the Allied Democratic Forces Goma, October 16, 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, is deeply…
Martin Kobler condemns in the strongest terms the heinous attacks against the population in Beni
Goma, October 16, 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, is deeply concerned about the recent spate in attacks against the population in the region of Beni. "I strongly condemn the criminal attacks perpetrated during the night of 15 October in the Ngadi and Kadou localities near the town of Beni in…
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty:
Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC, is worried about a form of extreme poverty which also affects workers Goma, October 17, 2014 - “Eradicating poverty for good in the whole world is neither an utopia nor an illusion ; it is a clear objective towards which…
North Kivu:
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, is in Beni to express his support to the families of the victims of the massacres perpetrated by ADF Beni, 17 October 2014 – Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, paid homage to the victims of the Beni attacks, bowing in front of the mortal remains of the villagers killed…
Human Rights:
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, profoundly concerned at the request of DRC Government calling for the departure of Scott Campbell ã Kinshasa, 18 October 2014 – Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, is deeply disturbed by the request of the DRC government, calling for the departure of Scott Campbell, the…
North Kivu:
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, calls for decisive joint military actions to neutralize the ADF Kinshasa 18 October 2014 – Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, calls for “decisive joint military actions of FARDC and MONUSCO to start as soon as possible in order to relieve the population from the terror…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on DRC
The Secretary-General condemns the decision of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to expel from the country Mr. Scott Campbell, Director of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office. He is also deeply concerned by recent threats against other staff of the Joint Office…
United Nations Day:
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, appeals for peace consolidation in the DRC Kinshasa, 23 October 2014 – Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, calls on “Congolese people to own the United Nations Charter in order to practice tolerance, to live in…
Celebration of the United Nations Day in DRC - Slideshow
The UN Day was celebrated by MONUSCO Friday, October 24, 2014 in Kinshasa and the Provinces. Please find below the slideshow of this celebration.
UNMAS FARDC Arms Cache Training
On 20 October, 3 Operation (OPS)/Quality Assurance (QA) officers from UNMAS DRC has started providing the 10 day ‘Arms Search’ training course to two ‘34 MR Military of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC)’teams, each consisting of 6 soldiers at Goma in North Kivu. The North Kivu governor…