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…
Kisangani, 6 May 2013 – Journalists in Kisangani, the administrative capital of province Orientale, commemorated the press freedom day on Friday, 3 May 2013. They took this opportunity to brainstorm on the challenges that confront them daily in the course of their work. The celebration was jointly organized by the Congolese Press Union ("Union nationale de la Presse du Congo (UNPC)" and the NGO Journalists in Danger ("Journalistes en Danger - JED…
Goma, 2 May 2013 – The UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy, Mary Robinson, conducted a nine-day visit to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, starting 28 April 2013. After spending two days in Kinshasa where she met with the President of the Republic, Joseph Kabila, and UN officials, she travelled to Goma on 30 April, joined by Roger Meece, head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The aim of her visit was…
Bunia, 26 April 2013 – From 24 to 29 March 2013, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office(UNJHRO), in collaboration with the Military Prosecutor's Office, conducted an investigation mission to the territory of Mambasa, about 219 km south of Bunia, the capital of the ituri district. The aim of the UNJHR investigation mission was not only to look into reports of serious human rights violations and abuses of children by members of the militia…
Kisangani, 26 April 2013 – Several experts from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and from the DRC Government met early this month to reflect on the security and humanitarian situation as well as the situation regarding human rights and justice in Province Orientale. This meeting was a follow-up to the joint evaluation missions carried out in March to eight territories of the…
Kinshasa, 26 April 2013 – On the occasion of the second part of the awareness campaign for the culture of peace, started on Tuesday 16 April, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) appealed for the establishment of interfaith dialogue and culture of peace to avert conflicts in the DR Congo. "The interfaith dialogue, high on today's agenda, is a phenomenon that requires close…