Kisangani, 27 August 2012 – Thirty Congolese National Police (PNC) officers, including two women, from across Sud-Kivu province, just wrapped up a two-week training exercise at the instruction center of Kapalata, some 7 km north of Kisangani, the capital of Province Orientale. The training was conducted by elements of the UN police at the United Nations organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), together…
Uvira, 27 August 2012 – The Child Protection section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized in Uvira, from 16 to 17 August 2012, a training workshop for about 30 psychosocial care workers from different areas of Sud-Kivu province. According to the workshop organizers, the training aimed at enhancing the operational capacity of local NGO personnel specializing in the field…
Kinshasa / Geneva 29 August 2012 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the DRC, Roger Meece, expressed deep concern today over reports of further massacres of civilians in Masisi territory, North Kivu at the beginning of August - the latest in a series of violent attacks by armed groups systematically targeting the civilian population. "The deterioration of the overall security situation in North Kivu following the M23…
Kananga, 25 August 2012 – Some 250 youth association leaders participated in a workshop organized by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Kananga, Kasaï Occidental province, between 6 and 9 August 2012. The objective of the workshop was twofold: to sensitize participants on MONUSCO's recent mandate under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2053 issued on 27 June 2012…
Bukavu, 16 August 2012 – A dialogue bringing together national and provincial lawmakers and other actors in the ongoing electoral process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was held in Bukavu, capital of Sud-Kivu province, on Thursday, 16 August 2012, for an exchange of views on the recommendations made by the National Assembly for consolidating and increasing the reliability of this process. The dialogue was organized jointly by the Sud-Kivu…
Bukavu, 7 August 2012 – A workshop aimed at disseminating legal provisions criminalizing torture was held in Bukavu on Tuesday, 7 August 2012. Participants included officials from State services involved in criminal investigation, as well as representatives of Human Rights NGO's. The workshop was organized jointly by the National Ministry of Human Rights, the Office of the Governor of Sud-Kivu, and the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office…
Kinshasa, 14 June 2012 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Mr. Roger Meece, presented to the UN Security Council on 12 June 2012 the last Secretary-General's report on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In his presentation, Mr. Meece noted, inter alia, that considerable progress…
Kinshasa, 7 August 2012 – The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) expressed deep concern today over growing evidence of forced recruitment of civilians by the M23 for both combat and non-combat purposes. "Whilst forced recruitment by various armed groups has long characterised conflict in the DRC, numbers have increased substantially since the upsurge of recent hostilities in the east, and in particular the actions of the M23 in Rutshuru territory…
Goma, July 24, 2012 - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in collaboration with the World Bank, has just ended a 3-week training program focusing on Psycho-social assistance in support of ex-combatants who surrender to the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) Division of MONUSCO. DDR/RR deals with ex-combatants from various armed groups across…
Geneva, 17 July 2012 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday called for the appeal trial in the case of the murder of Congolese human rights defender Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, and the disappearance of his driver, Fidèle Bazana Edadi, to fully respect international standards of due process. "The importance of this trial cannot be overstated. Mr. Chebeya was a pioneer of the human rights movement in the Democratic Republic…