Bunia, 08 April 2015: The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Bunia concluded Wednesday 8 April a workshop on monitoring and reporting cases of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. More than twenty local human rights NGOs actors attended this two-day workshop. Participants learnt, among others, UN basic principles on peace keeping, conflicts prevention and respect for Human rights. They were also trained on how to…
Ten Congolese National Police Officers have been receiving training since Wednesday 1st April in Bunia on the use and maintenance of the new information and communication technologies. Scheduled for one month, the training is given by the Bangladeshi contingent of MONUSCO. The training program includes word processing, software installation, internet use and computers’ repair. According to Brigadier General Saif Ur Rahman, Ituri Brigade commander…
Martin Kobler, Chief of MONUSCO, applauds Congolese sportsmen and women and urges them to engage in the service of peace and tolerance Kinshasa, 6 April 2015 – “Sports means knowing how to compete in full respect for one’s rival and the rules of the game. It is building, in adversity and respect, a beautiful game or good gesture. In this regard, sport is a societal model” declared Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary…
Martin Kobler, Chief of MONUSCO, calls for tolerance on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwandan Genocide Kinshasa, 6 April 2015 – “Today, Rwanda and the whole world still remember the atrocities of the genocide committed in Rwanda 21 years ago. The commemoration of this sad page in human history is a heartbreaking reminder of the need for building peace together”, said Martin Kobler. In 1995, the UN made an awareness…
North Kivu Provincial National Radio and Television (RTNC) in Goma has received a new face lift with the construction of a new building financed by the North Kivu province. Presiding over the inaugural ceremony on Wednesday April 1, 2015, Governor Julien Paluku Kahongya called on the staff of the state corporation to put into good use the modern facilities (from Analogue to Digital ) with modern Radio and Television studios put at their disposal…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, and Maximilian Dyck, Country Director, UNMAS Committed with the Government for a mine-free DRC by 2020 Kinshasa, 1 April 2015 - " The objective of the Congolese Government is to make the DRC mine-free by 2020. This is not only a dream, it is also a duty, and MONUSCO as well as UNMAS are fully committed to work with the government in achieving this noble objective", has stated Martin Kobler, Special representative…
26 March 2015 – The Security Council passed a resolution today renewing for 12 months the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and endorsing recommendations made in the Secretary-General’s report on the strategic review of the mission. Among recommendations contained in the strategic review of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the country (MONUSCO) the Council endorsed were…
LUBUMBASHI, 23 March 2015 – Within the framework of the commemoration of the Women’s month, MONUSCO Public Information section/Lubumbashi organized a brainstorming session with 50 media women in Lubumbashi. The purposes of the session were to get media women to familiarize with MONUSCO’s mandate and to share the challenges they face when carrying out their duties. The session was opened by the chief of the Office a.i. Mr. Elom Komi Akpalou, who…
19 March 2015, the office of MONUSCO/Kisangani, through its Public Information Section in partnership with the NGO “Défense Sociale pour le Progrès et le Développement Rural’’ (DSPDR), held a public awareness session on the culture of peace in the school environment for the students and teachers of the two schools: Institut Mobi and Ecole Primaire Mobi in a village located 30 km in the East of the city of Kisangani. DSPDR coordinator Passy…
Uvira, 20 March 2015 – MONUSCO explained its mandate and activities to a local NGO “SOS Villages d'Enfants d'Uvira” in a sensitization session organized by its public information office; altogether sixty people including 50 women received information and clarifications not only on the Mission’s mandate but also on the role of women in the political area. This activity organized for an NGO that takes care of abandoned and underprivileged children…