Kinshasa, 12 December 2011: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) takes note of the statements issued respectively by the Carter Center International Election Observation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 10 December, 2011 and other observer missions regarding the preliminary presidential election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC…
As with the previous report to the Human Rights Council, presented at the thirteenth session in March 2010 (A/HRC/13/64), this report looks at a number of past recommendations made by the High Commissioner and several human rights mechanisms. In addition, it assesses the response of the Congolese Government since the last report. In the course of the universal periodic review at the thirteenth session of the Council, the Congolese Government made…
This report reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and warns that such incidents could endanger the democratic process and lead to post-electoral violence as well. Between 1 November 2010 and 30 September 2011, the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) documented 188 human rights violations apparently linked to the electoral process. The violations most…
Kinshasa, 01 December 2011: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (MONUSCO) takes careful note of the statements and preliminary reports issued by the international observer missions on the conduct of the presidential and national legislative elections in the D.R. Congo. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Roger Meece, shares the concerns expressed by the observer missions…
Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Kinshasa, 28 November 2011 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Roger Meece, today visited some polling stations in Kinshasa to get a firsthand glimpse of the voting process. Mr. Meece, who is also head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the country (MONUSCO), was accompanied by the UN Resident Coordinator Mr. Fidele Sarassoro who is also the…
Photo André Kambala Mujanayi. De dos, vue d'ensemble des participants. En haut à gauche, le chef de la Division des Affaires Civile de la MONUSCO, Richard Snellen, expliquant le message de paix sur le t-shirt. Kananga, 16 November 2011 – A high-level delegation of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) from Kinshasa was in Kananga, Kasai Occidental province, on 16 November 2011 for a…
Photo Esther Ndalafina/Radio Okapi. Au milieu, le chef de bureau de la MONUSCO Mbuji Mayi entouré par les représentants des partis politiques de Lodja. Lodja, 20 November 2011 – A joint delegation made up of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) officials was in Lodja, Sankuru District, Kasai Oriental province, on 16 November 2011, on a three-day…
Geneva/Kinshasa, 9 November 2011 – A UN report released today reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning that such incidents could endanger the democratic process and lead to post-electoral violence as well. Geneva/Kinshasa, 9 November 2011 – A UN report released today reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in…
Kinshasa, 22 November 2011: One of the helicopters of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the D.R. Congo (MONUSCO) that was supposed to have delivered electoral material from Kisangani to Bokongo in the Oriental Province today was forced to make an emergency landing in Yambula, 130 Kms South West of Kisangani, after its engine developed a technical problem All the seven passengers and four crew members are well and safe…
Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Kinshasa, 19 November 2011 - A National Mediation Commission tasked to resolve election-related conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was inaugurated on Friday 18 November 2011, under the joint chairmanship of the Independent Election Commission (CENI) and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The ceremony took place at the seat of CENI and was attended by…