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UN High Level panel to hear from victims of sexual violence in the DRC

Kinshasa/Geneva, 29 September 2010 – A high-level panel, convened by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, will meet with and hear directly from victims of sexual violence in the DRC.

29 Sep 2010

MONUSCO trains FARDC officers in child protection

Mbandaka , 1 September 2010 - The Child Protection Section has organized a training this week for fifty officers of the 3rd Military Region of the FARDC .

13 Sep 2010

Ecuador: Theatre as a tool for awareness against sexual violence

13 Sep 2010

First press conference of the Special Representative Roger Meece

Kinshasa, 18 August 2010 - The new Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) and Head of Mission for Stabilization in DRC ( MONUSCO ), took office last July 26 .

13 Sep 2010

Roger Meece on Kibua: "We are shocked by this large scale tragedy”

Goma, 25 August 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Head of the Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), spoke at the daily briefing held at United Nations headquarters in New York.

13 Sep 2010

DRC : we must bring to justice those responsible for mass rape

New York, 7 September 2010 - Sent at the end of August in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) by UN chief Ban Ki - moon to shed light on the circumstances of mass rape in the east , the Under - Secretary General for Operations of peacekeeping, Atul Kh

11 Sep 2010