Ensure a coordinated response of all those involved in combating sexual violence in the implementation of the Comprehensive Strategy on Combating Sexual Violence, with a view to fight impunity, and improve prevention and…
Kinshasa, 5 April 2011 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece, accompanied by his two Deputies, Ms. Leila Zerrougui and Mr. Fidèle Sarassoro this morning…
Bukavu, 24 March 2011 – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its partners in the Government's Stabilization and Reconstruction program for war-affected areas (STAREC) inaugurated the newly completed buildings in Walungu…
Goma, 21 mars 2011 – The Uruguayan contingent rotated its troops on 21 March following the completion of their 12 month-service in Goma, North Kivu province. The first deployment of Uruguayan servicemen in North Kivu dates…
Kisangani, 23 March 2011 – An African Union delegation comprising some 20 members arrived in Kisangani, the capital of Province Orientale, on 22 March. The joint expert mission is trying to put in place a strategy to better…
Bukavu, 23 March 2011 – While on a field trip to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Roger Meece, attended a medal parade by the Pakistan contingent on 23 March in…
Mbandaka, 23 March 2011 – Jerôme Bokele is 44 years old. He now sits as a provincial Member of Parliament for his party, the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC). As a newcomer to the Assembly and owing to his unusual…
Goma, 22 March 2011 – The Uruguayan contingent in the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) unveiled a monument dedicated to the memory of those who died during conflicts in North Kivu in Goma on 22 March…
Mbandaka, 23 March 2011 – Some 50 women leaders from the North and South Ubangi districts of Equateur province held a round table discussion at the office of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) in Mbandaka…
Kinshasa, 21 March 2011 – Some 50 senior military officers of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), most of them majors and lieutenant-colonels, visited the Force of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the…
Kisangani, 16 March 2011 - The Rule of Law section of the regional office for the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) and a delegation from the Justice and Human Rights Ministry visited the detention center in…
Dungu, 21 March 2011 – For sometime now, insecurity in Dungu territory, Eastern province led farmers to give up their activities as it became impossible to venture even five kilometers from their villages without exposing…