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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
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAMAN SAMBO SIDIKOU OF NIGER SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DRC
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Maman S. Sidikou of Niger as his Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Mr…
Students of a Medical Institute in Uvira sensitized on MONUSCO’s mandate
Uvira, 8 October 2015 – Within the framework of the commemoration of the International Day of Peace on 21 September of each year, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DRC in Uvira, organized on Thursday 8 October 2015, a public information session for students of the “Institut Aksanti” and…
Uvira: 17 Gender focal points trained on women’s rights protection in humanitarian interventions
Uvira, 8 October 2015 – MONUSCO Joint Human Rights Office in Uvira organized on Wednesday 7 October 2015, a training for seventeen Gender focal points and members of different humanitarian sub-clusters in the Territory of Uvira, South-Kivu. The training was held in OCHA’s meeting hall and focused on…
MONUSCO to set up a work group to facilitate withdrawal of child soldiers from armed forces
Bunia, 1st October 2015: MONUSCO, through its child protection section, organized on 30 September an extraordinary meeting of the joint technical working group DRC Government/United Nations with a view to exploring the means and ways to withdraw child soldiers from armed forces and groups in Ituri…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
UNJHRO trains civil society on the protection for the victims and witnesses of sexual violence
At the initiative of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, a workshop on capacity-building for the civil society organizations in the area of the protection for the victims and witnesses of sexual violence was held on Wednesday 7 October 2015 at the headquarters of MONUSCO in Dungu. About 20…
South-Kivu: 71 Raïas Mutomboki surrendered and transferred to Goma by MONUSCO
Intensified sensitization campaigns within the framework of MONUSCO DDRRR coupled with the sensitization of the PNC, FARDC and civil society organizations, in addition to the FARDC military actions against armed groups continue to bear fruits, namely in the territory of Shabunda. On 17 September…
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol
David Gressly, Deputy Special Representative for the Rule of Law and Acting Head of Mission, and Jose Maria Aranaz, Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, commend the Government of the DRC for its accession to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its…
Bangladesh air force receives UN Medals for their actions in Ituri
Bunia – 16 October 2015: More than 300 peacekeepers of the Bangladeshi air force in Ituri received the United Nations medals respectively from Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz, MONUSCO Force Commander and M’Hand Ladjouzi, Chief of MONUSCO office in Ituri. Drums and bagpipes were…
MONUSCO supports the establishment of a human rights and elections observatory OMDHE in Ituri
Bunia, 12.Oct.15: Ituri was endowed with a human rights and elections observatory on 7 October 2015. Members of the OMDHE coordinating committee were elected in Bunia at the end of a sensitization workshop organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office. The Observatory is made up of…
MONUSCO commemorates the 70th UN anniversary in Kisangani
MONUSCO/Kisangani office commemorated UN Day on Saturday 24 October 2015 at “Alliance Française.” In attendance were the provincial Governor, Mr. Jean Bamanisa; provincial officials, Staff members of the specialized Agencies of the UN system. The UN Secretary-General’s message was read by the Chief…
HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO trains Peer Educators in Beni
Beni, 18 October, 2015 – A five-day training workshop on HIV Peer Education has ended in the North Kivu Provincial town of Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The training workshop, organized by the HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO in collaboration with the Military Training Cell took…
MONUSCO’s mandate explained to Human Rights Activists in Kisangani
MONUSCO Public Information Office in Kisangani organized a conference-debate around the theme “ MONUSCO’s activities in Kisangani” held in the township of Makiso on Thursday 5 November 2015; in attendance were roughly 200 members of the NGO “Vision Internationale pour l’Encadrement des Activistes…