Luca Guanziroli, UNV Child Protection Officer at UNICEF, is in charge of the programs that fight against child labor in artisanal mines and quarries in Katanga and Kasai as well as of the related development of corporate social responsibility strategies. Alexandra de Bournonville accompanied him on a mission to assess the protection needs in the open air quarries of Kolwezi. "I dropped out of school when my father died in 2009, and I started to…
Adele Libam is a Cameroonian Volunteer who arrived in Bukavu a year ago, on October 2011, to coordinate the provincial component of the UNDP Poverty Programme. Guided by the values of volunteering, she is committed to the socio-economic reintegration of women who are victims of sexual violence. "As UN Volunteers, we are the spokespeople of the United Nations, and we implement the ethics of the United Nations through our actions and our work,"…
Goma, 15 May 2013 - The 135 strong Indian Formed Police Unit-2 (FPU) was honored with the United Nations Peacekeeping medal in appreciation for their service in Goma. The Medal Parade held at the FPU camp in Goma on 15 May 2013, was attended by the Deputy Police Commissioner of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Jacques Desilets, as well as other senior MONUSCO officials and high ranking…
Goma, 14 May 2013 – A delegation of 15 ambassadors, members of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, arrived on official mission in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on 13 May 2013. The delegation came to enquire about the security situation and the imminent deployment of the new Intervention Brigade in North Kivu province. The governor of the province, Julien Paluku Kahongya, thanked the delegation for their visit and…
Bunia, 12 May 2013 – Eighty-four police officers, including two women, underwent five weeks of training in the Ituri district, province Orientale, on gender-based sexual violence. The participants who hailed from the four districts of the province, met in the main town of Bunia to attend this training, which was focused on a variety of themes ranging from police work ethics and professional practices in the framework of the fight that the…
Kinshasa, 8 May 2013 – In a report published Wednesday, 8 May, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) revealed gross violations of international humanitarian and human rights committed in November 2012 during the clashes between the National Armed Forces (FARDC) and the M23 rebels, leading to the capture of Goma by the latter. The report further suggests similar violations perpetrated during the same period as FARDC soldiers were…
New York, 8 May 2013 - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the targeted attack and attempted hostage taking by unidentified assailants against a MONUSCO (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) military convoy moving from Walungu to Bukavu in South Kivu, DRC, on 7 May, which resulted in the death of one Pakistani peacekeeper. The members of the Security Council…
Kinshasa, 08 May 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack perpetrated Tuesday 7 May 2013 on one of its military convoy, between Walungu and Bukavu, in the Sud-Kivu province that killed one Pakistani peacekeeper. "This is a cowardly and unjustified attack", declared Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary General in DRC. We…