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United Nations Peacekeeping
In Beni, North Kivu Province, MONUSCO celebrated World Environment Day on Thursday, June 5, by organizing an awareness campaign and planting trees at a local school.
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Celebrated on June 5 every year since 1973, World Environment Day is the world's biggest platform for raising public awareness of the environment.
Samuel, now an ex-combatant, claims to have convinced a dozen young people to lay down their arms, return to civilian life and move towards a better life.
During the workshop, participants deepened their knowledge of children's rights, human rights, gender and national and international legal protection mechanisms.
The peacekeepers carry out day and night patrols alongside the FARDC to guarantee the safety of displaced people.
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MONUSCO's mandate includes strengthening public institutions, supporting the judicial system, combating impunity and consolidating the rule of law.
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MONUSCO facilitators also presented community protection tools such as the Community Alert Network (CAN) and Local Protection Committees (LPC).
Thirty young people from various Bunia neighborhoods took part in a two-month first-aid training course organized in partnership with Bunia's general referral hospital.