Mbandaka, 20 November 2010 - Women in the Equateur province have been urged to be actively involved in the forthcoming electoral process that kicks off in Mbandaka on 30 November. The process will start with a review of the electoral register. At a meeting with some 60 female leaders from various local women's association on Wednesday November 17, representatives of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) told the women they should be more…
Kinshasa, 19 November 2010 - The Civil Affairs Section in MONUSCO – the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – successfully piloted an exciting new training programme within the context of its annual retreat in Entebbe, Uganda, at the end of October. The new Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) methodology for training Civil Affairs components focuses on training the team as a whole, in-context, on the…
Mbandaka, 17 November 2010 - Some 3,000 people demonstrated in the Northern town of Gbadolite on Wednesday November 17 calling on the UN Mission "not to abandon the population to its sad fate". The demonstration followed rumours that the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) was contemplating an imminent closure of its Gbadolite sub-office. The demonstrators defied the heavy morning downpour and marched peacefully through…
Goma, 13 November 2010 - The first police station constructed under the Stabilization Programme for the East (STAREC) was inaugurated on 10 November 2010 at Sake, 30 km southwest of the North Kivu provincial capital, Goma. The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the DRC, Fidèle Sarassoro, inaugurated the building in the presence of Congolese administrative and police authorities, as wells the Dutch and German…
Matadi, 10 November 2010 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece, paid his first visit to Matadi on 9 November 2010. It was his first visit to the Bas-Congo province since he assumed duties as head of MONUSCO. On arrival, the Special Representative told his audience that he knew the province and its problems fairly well during his tenure as the U.S. ambassador to…
Kinshasa, 1 November 2010 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece paid a visit to North Kivu this Saturday, 30 October 2010. The Special Representative visited the locality of Rwindi situated in the territory of Rutshuru where the base of MONUSCO peacekeepers had been attacked by a group of about 50 armed men on 30 October 2010. Mr. Meece was accompanied by local…
Kinshasa, 1 November 2010 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece paid a visit to North Kivu this Saturday, 30 October 2010. The Special Representative visited the locality of Rwindi situated in the territory of Rutshuru where the base of MONUSCO peacekeepers had been attacked by a group of about 50 armed men on 30 October 2010. Mr. Meece was accompanied by local…
Kinshasa, 2 November 2010 - On the 10th anniversary of the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1325, the UN system in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Family and Children organized a Day of advocacy and sensitization for mobilization of funds in favor of the National Action Plan under the guidelines of Resolution 1325 in Kinshasa on October 30, 2010. It may be recalled that the Resolution 1325 is the first United Nations resolution…
Kinshasa, 26 October 2010 - MONUSCO Police is actively involved in providing much needed training to the Congolese National Police, in the framework of the Stabilization plan STAREC (stabilisation and reconstruction), explained the Commissioner, who also stressed that MONUSCO police will provide all possible support to PNC for the next General Elections in DRC. While mentioning the problems faced by PNC on ground, he reiterated the commitment of…