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…
Photo MONUSCO/Biliaminou Alao Bukavu, 16 November 2011 - The South Kivu Brigade of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized a handover ceremony on Wednesday, 16 November 2011, between the outgoing commander Brigadier General Muhammad Jamil and his successor Brigadier General Nadir Khan. Before leaving the country, Brigadier General Jamil spoke with Radio Okapi, the UN radio, and gave his…
Briefing in MONUSCO Conference Room for the delegation. On the right the head of office M. Cheikh Bangoura, on the left the Police Commissioner of PNC M. Bisengimana. Pho to MONUSCO Piergiorgio Paglialonga . Mbuji Mayi 14 November 2011- As part of his nationwide tour to ensure trouble-free elections, the acting Commissioner General of the Congolese National Police (PNC), General Charles Bisengimana, accompanied by the UN Stabilization Mission in…
Photo MONUSCO/Sylvain LIECHTI Goma, 8 November 2011 – For three weeks, 125 freshly arrived elements from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)'s Formed Police Unit (FPU) were trained on public order policing techniques in preparation for the country's presidential and legislative elections due on 28 November. The training included modules dealing with policing tactics based on the new…