The fulfilment of the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) rested on “persistent engagement” with the Government on the security situation in the East, the electoral process and the ongoing strategic dialogue, the Security Council heard today during its periodic briefing on the subject. On the security situation, there was “a ray of hope on one of the front lines”…
Uvira - 8 July 2015: MONUSCO Police Component held a sensitization session on MONUSCO’s mandate, more particularly the one of its police for holyday makers in holiday camps. The chief of the United Nations Police, UNPOL NYUIKI Peter TAKEH, first explained MONUSCO’s mandate with a special focus on the mandate for the Police Component in accessible language, using simple terms with the assistance of an interpreter into the Swahili language for all…
Lubumbashi, 3 July 2015: About fifty journalists from Katanga province signed a code of good conduct to adopt during the electoral period, at the end of a workshop on the role of Medias in achieving a peaceful electoral period in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Facilitated by the Office of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Lubumbashi, the objective of the workshop was to build journalists’ capacity to…
South Kivu, 9 July 2015 — In South Kivu, the prison in Kalehe, after its recent renovation thanks to MONUSCO, was officially handed over to the provincial minister of Justice and Human rights, Mme Gisele Balegamire, on Thursday 9 July 2015. The minister received the keys to the refurbished prison during an ceremony attended by administrative, security and migration authorities, military and police officials, as well as representatives of the…
Goma, 7 July 2015- MONUSCO Justice Support Section in collaboration with the provincial Justice division in the North-Kivu province organized a two-day workshop in the North-Kivu for about twenty North-Kivu prison staff members, which workshop led to the crafting of a contingency plan for the Goma central prison. The role of the prisons managers is to prevent prisoners’ escape by setting up appropriate security mechanisms, for example, hidden…
Uvira, 8 July 2015 – The United Nations Joint Human Right Office, UNJHRO, in collaboration with Sukula II military operations command in the South-Kivu province and the local Military Public Prosecution Office organized on Wednesday 8 July 2015 in Uvira a sensitization on the Act No 0011/008 of 9 July 2011 bearing on the criminalization of torture in the DRC. This activity is part of the commemoration of the International Day in support of the…
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…