Kinshasa, 23 June 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the DRC, Alan Doss, whose term as head of the UN Mission expires at the end of this month, met and interacted with the Congolese press for the last time today. While this was no stock taking time, Mr. Doss nevertheless spoke of the gains achieved during the two years and a half, he has spent in the DRC, as well as the challenges ahead for MONUSCO…
Uvira, 18 June 2010 – The International Day of the African Child was celebrated with a different touch this year in Uvira and Fizi territories of the South Kivu province, as the event was organized in the village of Makobola for the first time and with the active support of MONUC. Some 200 children from 17 schools of Makobola, along with their teachers, took part in a parade marching in front of an audience of local notables, and political…
Kisangani, 16 June 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN, Alan Doss paid a visit to Kisangani with the MONUC Force Commander General Babacar Gaye on June 16, 2010 to bid farewell to the first MONUC Senegalese Blue Helmets' contingent, the first to leave, out of the up to two thousand troops, to be reduced in light of the new mandate under the Security Council Resolution No.1925. Addressing the stout blue helmets…