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MONUSCO takes note of recent developments in the DRC and stresses the urgent need for strict implementation of the 31 December 2016 agreement

Kinshasa, 9 April 2017 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Congo (MONUSCO), Maman Sidikou, continues to follow recent developments in the cou

10 Apr 2017

The United Nations Secretary-General's Remarks to the Security Council Thematic Debate on the Peacekeeping Operations Review

6 Apr 2017 - Remarks by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, during the Security Council thematic debate entitled Peacekeeping Operations Review.

New York, 6 April 2017

07 Apr 2017

https://monusco.unmissions.org/en/monusco-deplores-ongoing-hostilities-and-escalating-violence-kasais

MONUSCO deplores the ongoing hostilities and escalating violence in the Kasais

KINSHASA, 5 April 2017 – MONUSCO is alarmed by ongoing reports from the Kasai region of escalating violence that is continuing to result in serious human rights violations including an ever growing number of civilian casualties and the discovery of mass graves as well as ongoing

05 Apr 2017

DR Congo: Security Council extends peacekeeping mandate, but reduces troop strength

31 March 2017 – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year but reduced the number of troops.

31 Mar 2017

Security Council Press Statement on the death of two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two UN experts from the Group of Experts who were monitoring the sanctions regime in the Kasaï Central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and expressed concern over the unknown status of the four Cong

30 Mar 2017

Update on the situation of the two members of the Group of Experts of the United Nations in the Kasais

Kinshasa, March 29, 2017 – As announced by the Secretary General of the United Nations yesterday, the United Nations Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) has confirmed that the bodies located and recovered by MONUSCO peacekeepers on 27 March are those of the two members of the Group of E

29 Mar 2017

Statement of the Secretary-General on the death of two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

I am deeply saddened to confirm that the remains discovered by peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on 27 March outside of the city of Kananga in the Congolese Kasaï-Central province are those of Michael Sharp (United States) and Zaida Cat

29 Mar 2017

Joint communiqué of the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie on the situation in the Kasaï provinces, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Addis Ababa, New York, Brussels and Paris, 27 March 2017: The African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and the International Organisation of La Francophonie continue to follow developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) closely.

28 Mar 2017