The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, was in Kinshasa on 28 and 29 July 2022 to meet with partners of the UN Mission in the DRC, including the Congolese authorities, following the violent anti-MONUSCO demonstrations that resulted in victim
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Jean-Pierre Lacroix : « Jean-Pierre Lacroix: “We discussed how to defuse tensions and achieve our objectives with the Congolese authorities ». Photo Monusco / Carine Tope
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Khassim Diagne: « MONUSCO is not responsible for the death of the demonstrators who looted and vandalized its base in Goma ». Photo/Monusco
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Shabunda: UN finances Community Radio and Women's Center to raise awareness against gender-based violence . Photo Monusco/ Mathilde Mihigo
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Kinshasa: Women's political participation at the center of exchanges between the head of MONUSCO and an advocacy mission. Photo Monusco/Carine Tope
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MONUSCO offers a batch of equipment to the National Programme for the Demobilisation of Ex-combatants. Photo MONUSCO/Lydie Betyna
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Prior to this new initiative, the UN Mission's Civil Affairs section had already facilitated the establishment of local security councils in each commune in Beni. Photos MONUSCO