Statement by SRSG Maman Sidikou to the Open Session of the UN Security Council 21 March 2017 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil, Je vous remercie de l’opportunité que vous m’offrez de m’entretenir avec vous aujourd’hui au sujet de la situation en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Comme le souligne si bien le Rapport du Sécrétaire général sur la Mission de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en République…
KINSHASA, 18 March 2017 – MONUSCO expresses grave concern over reports of renewed violence in Kananga between 14 and 17 March 2017. The Mission has received credible reports of high numbers of deaths in the context of clashes between Kamwina Nsapu militiamen and members of the Congolese security forces. MONUSCO is concerned by the attacks of Kamwina Nsapu militiamen against State institutions and symbols, but also the disproportionate use of…
Durant le mois de février 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 461 violations des droits de l’homme sur tout le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une hausse par rapport au mois de janvier 2017, au cours duquel 427 violations avaient été documentées. Parmi ces violations, au moins 78 sont des atteintes au droit à la vie contre 369 victimes, dont 206 victimes d’exécutions extra-judiciaires par des agents de l’état, soit près de huit fois plus qu’au…
Kinshasa, March 13th, 2017. - Two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which reports to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004), are reported missing in that country. The UN, including the UN peacekeeping operation in the DRC MONUSCO, are doing everything possible to locate the experts.
The Secretary-General today released his report on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A New Approach for consideration by the General Assembly. During his first week in office, in January 2017, the Secretary-General established a diverse High-Level Task Force, led by his Special Coordinator Jane Holl Lute, to develop as a matter of urgency a strategy to achieve visible and measurable improvements in the way the…
Written message on International Women’s Day New York, 8 March 2017 Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and reversed. Empowering women and girls is the only way to protect their rights and make sure they can realize their full potential. Historic imbalances in power relations between men and women, exacerbated…
KINSHASA/GENEVA (1 March 2017) – Defence and security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo used excessive, disproportionate and at times lethal force to prevent and contain demonstrations in December 2016, a UN report published today has found. According to the report by the UN Joint Human Rights Office of MONUSCO (UNJHRO), at least 40 people, including five women and two children, were killed between 15 and 31 December 2016 across…
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the violence witnessed in the Kasaï region over recent months. They expressed grave concern at the recent reports of serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by local militia in that region, including unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers, and of killings of civilians by members of the security forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), all of which…
Goma 21 st February 2017Radio Okapi (the UN Radio) is 15 Years old on the 25 of February 2017. It is on this back drop that a Conference debate has been organized on Tuesday 21 February 2017 on the theme " Contribution of Radio Okapi in the Consolidation of Peace in North Kivu: what are the expectations?" Opening the debate the Station Manager for Radio Okapi in Goma Sy Koumbo gave a background of the radio, its structure, functions underlining…
Durant le mois de janvier 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 427 violations des droits de l’homme sur l’étendue du territoire de la RDC ce qui représente une baisse significative par rapport au nombre de violations enregistrées pendant le mois de décembre 2016 (602 violations). Parmi ces violations, au moins 66 sont des atteintes au droit à la vie dont 12 exécutions extra-judiciaires par des agents de l’Etat ayant fait 26 victimes. Les agents de l’Etat…