Kinshasa, 3 August 2010 - A delegation from the Electoral Assistance Division of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs has been in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since July 25, in order to determine the World organization's future role in supporting the electoral process in the country. This visit follows a formal request from the Congolese government to the UN Secretary-General requesting the United…
Goma, 2 August 2010 - The DDRRR Section of MONUCSCO and its partners destroyed 390 small arms (Kalashnikov, machine guns, etc) collected from FDLR fighters who have joined the demobilization process. The weapons were destroyed during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Uruguayan contingent of MONUSCO in Goma on 30 July 2010. Weapon destruction operations are part of the DDRRR process, which involves also collecting and recording all…
Kinshasa, 30 July 2010 - On 20 July 2010, an important working meeting brought together the Security Sector Reform Section of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), international partners from 12 partner countries, several UN agencies and a sizeable delegation from the Congolese Government. On the agenda of the meeting, was the reform of the Congolese National Police (PNC). European…
Mbandaka, 28 July 2010 - MONUSCO Public Information Office held, from 20 to 22 July,.a two-day seminar for Media professionals in Gbadolite, North Ubangi District. The participants were very appreciative and expressed a warm gratitude to MONUSCO for this initiative. The second of its kins in the media Equator Province. Thirty-seven journalists, technicians and presenters from across the district of Nord-Ubangi (Mobayi-Mbongo, Bili, Bosobolo…
Goma, 27 July 2010 - MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade Commander, Kumar Sharma, inaugurated a Quick Impact Project (QIP) "Vocational Training Centre for the families of FARDC" and presented to FARDC authorities at Rutshuru during an official ceremony, on 19 Jul 2010, amidst presence of local authorities, prominent civil chiefs, government representatives and a large crowd of local population. The QIP consists in the construction of a fully functional…
Kinshasa, 26 July 2010 - A military ceremony was held this morning at 8 a.m. at MONUC headquarters in Kinshasa, to welcome Roger A. Meece, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). Roger A. Meece formally took office on 11 July 2010 in New York where he began his new functions through contacts and meetings…
Beni, 20 July 2010 - MONUSCO has established a temporary operating base (TOB) and is planning to set up another one in the area affected by the military operations being conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). This deployment will increase access and assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and surrounding villages. It will also provide a relay for protection missions. (C aption: General Ajae Kumar…
Mbandaka, 14 July 2010 – Within the framework of its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme, the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) recently inaugurated a press centre equipped with modern working aids, in the town of Gbadolite. The project, worth 9,120 UD dollars, aims to provide decent working conditions for media professionals in this part of Equateur province. The centre, called…
Kinshasa, 14 July 2010- The United Nations Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in the DRC, Leila Zerrougui, the Tunisian Ambassador to the DRC, and the MONUSCO Deputy Force Commander attended a ceremony in Kinshasa to bid farewell to Tunisian peacekeepers as their contingent will be leaving MONUSCO in the coming weeks after ten years of service in the country. They first arrived in the mission in 2001 with a force of 250 soldiers…
Kinshasa, 9 July 2010 - After 3 successful months MONUSCO and representatives of the Congolese civil society symposium's monitoring cell are now approaching the end of a joint sensitization campaign conducted in Kinshasa's 24 communes. The main aim of the project is to inform the population about MONUSCO's mandate and the partnership between MONUSCO and the civil society A team composed of MONUSCO outreach professionals and civil society…