Kinshasa, 23 June 2015: Within the framework of support to ensure the security of the elections, MONUSCO Police developed four hundred (400) modules for the Congolese National Police (PNC) refresher course. The modules include eight (8) subjects intended for the Technical Group to organize Safe Elections (GTSE). The modules were handed to the Police Commissioner Isidore ODIMULA. The ceremony was held in the presence of the Deputy Advisor for…
Kalemie – 9 through 10 July 2015: For two days, Kalemie hosted a purely educational session aimed at building Magistrates’ technical and professional capacities as well as moral skills with a view to making them more efficient and conscientious when carrying out their duties. The educational session was jointly organized by the Kalemie Prosecutor and MONUSCO Justice Support and Correction Administration sections. Indeed, the District of…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, and Diene Keita, UNFPA Representative in the DRC, reaffirm the need to protect women and adolescents in emergency situations Kinshasa - 11 July 2015 "MONUSCO remains strongly committed to provide its support to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure the protection of vulnerable populations, particularly women and young girls in the context of security and humanitarian crisis in the eastern DRC…
This sensitization campaign on child protection was organized in the margin of the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Célestine Assuie of MONUSCO child protection section said “26 June 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children. This Charter highlights the protection of children in armed conflicts indicating the recruitment age 18 rather…
The leaders of the Great Lakes launch a Private Sector Investment Conference to strengthen economic development and integration Kinshasa, 7 July 2015 – Under the auspices of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF) agreement which required the Preparation for the Private Sector Investment Conference for the Great Lakes Region, a meeting was held on Monday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, between the National…
Bukavu, 3 July 2015 – Thirty-day activism for the children affected by armed conflicts was launched on Friday 3rd July 2015 by Ms. Gisèle Balegamire, Minister of Justice within the framework of the International Day of the African Child, commemorated on 16 June of each year. It is under theme girls’ protection during the armed conflicts that this day has been commemorated this year. In this regard, the Section Child Protection of MONUSCO and the…
Uvira, 2 July 2015 – Seventeen journalists including 3 women from Kiliba, Sange and Luvungi took part in a training session for media professionals at the Ruzizi plaine in Uvira from 1st through 2nd July 2015. The training was organized by the Public Information Section/MONUSCO-Uvira with a view to building the capacity of journalists. For two days on end, journalists received refresher course on the rules and codes of ethics, writing techniques…
Uvira, 1st July 2015 – The Camp Jina, headquarters of the Pakistani contingent of MONUSCO-Uvira (PakBatt) held a big celebration on Tuesday 30 June 2015 on the occasion of the DRC’s Independence day, in spite of the Ramadan; several hundred people were invited to fraternize and celebrate the peace: Congolese police staff members, several young people and students in Uvira as well as civilian colleagues of MONUSCO-Uvira. The celebration program…
Thursday 2 July in Kisangani, Oriental Province, saw the opening of a three-day training workshop on “the practice of political journalism » for the benefit of 40 journalists from different radio stations across the province. The workshop is organized by the Public Information Division of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), in partnership with the Community Media Network of Oriental Province (REMACPO). The aim is…
Kalemie, 1 July: To participate in the fight against poverty and malnutrition in Tabacongo village, situated 17 km away from North Kalemie, MONUSCO Civilian Police organized an accelerated training session in favor of about forty women members of a development association “Association de développement et de récupération des femmes de Tabacongo” The training session, benefitting mostly the rural farmers and illiterate women mentored by the…