The newly created Military Gender Field Advisory section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) began on 1 st October 2014 in Goma, North Kivu, a series of training sessions for the mission’s female peacekeepers as well as servicewomen in the Armed Forces of the DR Congo (FARDC), addressing human rights, child protection and gender issues and the military code of conduct. The…
Bukavu, 29 September 2014 – The Congolese National Police (PNC) in South Kivu, in partnership with the United Nations Police (UNPOL) component of MONUSCO, presented certificates to 183 police officers as they completed their community policing training. It is with the primary aim of reinforcing the professional and operational capacities of PNC personnel to enable them to respond to the population’s security needs that these 183 PNC officers…
Geti, 24 September 2014 - In Ituri, Oriental Province, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the District’s Commissioner have temporarily suspended the Island of Stability program in the Geti area located in the community of Walendu-Bindi, due to renewed activity by the FRPI armed group led by Cobra Matata. “Island of Stability” refers to a set of activities meant to assist the Government in…
''My World, The World We Want to see'' is the title of the global survey launched by the United Nations on the occasion of the preparation of the next global development agenda. The objective is to find out what is most important to people around the world, to hear their views and priorities on how to make a better world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has organized several awareness…
Goma International airport was jammed to capacity with over 30.000 spectators in a mega concert organized by the Peace One Day foundation in commemoration of the International Peace Day on the 21of September 2014. The concert was animated by United Nation Ambassador for Peace , multiple Grammy awards winner and musician Akon accompanied by Congolese musicians/celebrities amongst them Lexxus Legal, Dety Darba, humorists and traditional dances. For…
A Peace Rally was organized this Sunday 21 September in Kinshasa by MONUSCO with the help of the DRC Civil Society Consultation Framework to mark the International Peace Day. Three groups from different sites heading for the same destination Carrefour des Evolués carried torches of peace. At the Place des Evolués, participants were treated to very excellent musical performance given by MONUSCO choir and Kenge folk music. Speeches were…
School children of the DRC participating in the video conference organized by UN today applauded the initiative and thanked MONUSCO for their substantial contribution to peace in the DRC; which will save many lives and give a chance to the country to develop. They said children are the first victims of wars in so far as they are deprived of their right to go school; instead, they are used as child soldiers and sustain all kinds of abuses. In a…
Kinshasa, 15 September 2014: On Sunday 21 September, the whole world will celebrate the International Day of Peace. This year’s theme focuses on “The Right of Peoples to Peace”Several activities will be organized around the world, including concerts in large and small towns, in conflict areas and peaceful regions, so that each one can put forward this fundamental lesson and celebrate the value of human diversity and unity which is our strength…
MONUSCO Force Commander, Lt General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, on 15 September 2014 inaugurated a concrete culvert constructed by MONUSCO in Mushake on the road connecting Sake to Masisi in North Kivu province. Construction of the culvert was carried out by elements of the engineering unit of the MONUSCO Force Bangladeshi contingent at an estimated cost of 121 thousand US dollars. In his remarks at this inauguration ceremony, the Force…
Kinshasa, 15 September 2014: On Sunday 21 September, the whole world will celebrate the International Peace Day . This year’s theme focuses on “The Right of Peoples to Peace”. Several activities will be organized around the world, including concerts in large and small towns, in conflict areas and peaceful regions, so that each one can put forward this fundamental lesson and celebrate the value of human diversity and unity which is our strength…