Mbuji Mayi, 11 March 2013 – Provincial consultations on post 2015 development took place in Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï Oriental province, from 18 to 27 February 2013. The consultations consisted in reviewing the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 2015. Organized by the provincial Government through the ministry for planning with UN support, the forum was attended by representatives of the civil society organizations, provincial assembly…
Matadi, 13 March 2013 – The United Nations joint office in Bas-Congo province, through the Human Rights section, organized a conference-debate to make an assessment of sexual violence in the province as well as implementation of the legislation in this regard. The conference-debate was organized by the United Nations Human Rights office (BCNUDH) as part of the International Women's Day and attended by the Secretary whose task consists in…
Matadi, 13 March 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), refurbished and equipped a civil society organization office in Mbanza Ngungu. Matadi, 13 March 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), refurbished and equipped a civil society organization office in Mbanza Ngungu. The turn-over ceremony took place in the…
Tshela, 7 March 2013 – Oil producers in the territories of Lukula and Tshela received four palm oil presses from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in Congo-MONUSCO to enable them to increase palm oil production. The four palm oil presses worth $ 25,000 were donated to sixteen thousand producers in the territories of Lukula and Tshela. The quick impact project supervised by the Matadi-based political Affairs section is to…
Kananga, 14 March 2013 - At Kananga, the administrative capital of Kasaï Occidental province, 124 police officers of the Senegalese contingent within the UN Special Police Unit based in this city were awarded UN medals on Wednesday 13 March 2013. The ceremony was chaired by Jacques Desilets, Deputy Police Commissioner of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and attended by the Senegalese…
28 March 2013 – Conflict-related sexual violence is one of the most urgent challenges facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior United Nations official says, stressing that leadership and responsibility on the part of the Government is critical to tackling this issue. "Only the Congolese people, with the support of the international community, can change the current situation and create a new narrative for the DRC," the…
28 March 2013 – The Security Council today authorized the deployment of an intervention brigade within the current United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to address imminent threats to peace and security. The intervention brigade will carry out targeted offensive operations, with or without the Congolese national army, against armed groups that threaten peace in the eastern part of DRC – a region that…
26 March 2013 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) set 23 September as the start date for the confirmation of charges hearing for Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, who made his first appearance before the tribunal today. Mr. Ntaganda faces several counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity – including rape, murder and the recruitment of children – allegedly committed in Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…
26 March 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today discussed the fragile security and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a meeting with the country's Foreign Minister, Raymond Tshibanda N'tungamulongo. The two men, who met at UN Headquarters, agreed that the upcoming Security Council resolution on the DRC should strengthen the role of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MONUSCO) and endorse the…
25 March 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today transferred hundreds of Mayi-Mayi combatants to Kinshasa after the rebels turned over their weapons to the peacekeepers this weekend and took part in UN-led mediation. According to information from the UN mission, known by its French acronym MONUSCO, 245 Mayi-Mayi Kata Katanga combatants entered the UN compound on 23 March where they sought…