Human rights reports and publications
Kinshasa, 26 July 2010 - A military ceremony was held this morning at 8 a.m. at MONUC headquarters in Kinshasa, to welcome Roger A. Meece, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the…
Beni, 20 July 2010 - MONUSCO has established a temporary operating base (TOB) and is planning to set up another one in the area affected by the military operations being conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic…
Mbandaka, 14 July 2010 – Within the framework of its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme, the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) recently inaugurated a press…
Kinshasa, 14 July 2010- The United Nations Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in the DRC, Leila Zerrougui, the Tunisian Ambassador to the DRC, and the MONUSCO Deputy Force Commander attended a ceremony in…
Kinshasa, 9 July 2010 - After 3 successful months MONUSCO and representatives of the Congolese civil society symposium's monitoring cell are now approaching the end of a joint sensitization campaign conducted in Kinshasa's 24…
Lubumbashi, 10 July 2010 - Ms Leila Zerrougui, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC and acting head of MONUSCO, presided over the closing of a campaign against impunity for sexual…
On the night of 13 August 2004, a transit centre assisted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and housing Congolese refugees and Burundian returnees at Gatumba, Bujumbura Rural Province…
Kinshasa, 5 July 2010 - During his short visit to DRC, UN Secretary-General met with the Congolese civil society at the Mission's headquarters to whom he said: "a vibrant civil society is essential for stability (...)…
Kinshasa, 3 July 2010 – Yesterday evening, at about 6 o'clock p.m., a tanker carrying fuel from Bukavu to Uvira overturned and exploded near the locality of Sangue, 33 km north Uvira while a crowd of people were attempting to…
Kinshasa, 30 June 2010 - During 24 hours stay in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after attending the Fiftieth independence anniversary celebrations, Ban Ki Moon visited MONUC Headquarters to inaugurate the 'Plaque…
Kinshasa, 30 June 2010 - The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, arrived in the Congolese capital yesterday to take part in the festivities of the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of the Democratic…
Kinshasa, 29 June 2010 - The renowned Human Rights activist, Floribert Chebeya was laid to eternal rest in Kinshasa on Saturday, June 26 amid hundreds of mourners who had gathered at the funeral ceremony of the veteran whose…