Kinshasa 06 November 2019: MONUSCO Correctional Service Support Unit (UAAP) organized in Kinshasa from 5 to 6 November 2019, a trainers’ training workshop for prison staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Altogether, twenty-two (22) civilian and military personnel, including five women from the Congolese Correctional Services participated in this workshop, jointly organized by the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Development Program…
BUTEMBO, November 6 th, 2019: Radio Okapi officially opens its studio in Butembo, North Kivu province for the production and broadcasting of its programs locally. The installation of the studio and the recruitment of journalists and technicians were made possible with support from the Office of the UN Coordinator for Emergency Response to the Ebola Epidemic. In addition to broadcasting general information, the radio will be used as an awareness…
Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The (new) United Nations Deputy Coordinator for Emergency Response to Ebola Virus Disease (EERC) has been in Bunia since Wednesday. Abdou Dieng came to get first-hand information about the situation on the ground as part of the fight against the Ebola epidemic in Ituri. Even though there is almost no more case of the Ebola virus Disease reported in the province, actors are still concerned about communities resistance to…
As part of the protection of civilians, a joint patrol team consisting of MONUSCO Policewoman Officer, Moussa Adizatou and ten (10) members of the Formed Police Unit from Egypt, conducted an awareness-raising and information session on the Mission’s mandate and the role of uniformed personnel. Held on in Kingabwa, along the main road ‘’poids lourds’’, Kinshasa commune, the awareness campaign was intended for a group of young men. The purpose of…
Major Seynabou Diouf of the Senegal National Police has been selected as the 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year. Major Diouf currently leads a task force that helps to prevent and end sexual exploitation and abuse with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) in Goma (North Kivu). She also leads the UN Police Women’s Network, which connects female officers for mentoring, training, professional development…
Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The Training and Refresher Seminar for Military Focal Points of MONUSCO Force, which opened on Tuesday, October 29, ended last Wednesday. For two days, 12 military officers, including two women, revisited the United Nations Code of Conduct, and in particular the military Code including the 10 rules to be observed by the United Nations military personnel and the Secretary-General's "zero tolerance" policy with regard to…
" Ballistics and managing gun-impacted crime scenes" is the theme of a 5-day training provided by MONUSCO since Tuesday, October 22 nd , 2019 by MONUSCO Police (UNPOL) for officers of the Technical and Scientific Police Division (DPTS) of the Congolese National Police (PNC) in Kinshasa. The training will be given by experts from the Serious and Organized Crime Support Unit (SOCSU) of the Police Component of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of David McLachlan-Karr of Australia as his Deputy Special
The report, “ Our Strength Is In Our Youth: Child Recruitment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2014-2017”, is the product of staff of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), most particularly the Child Protection Section. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its Secretary-General…
Kalemie, le 25 September 2019 - MONUSCO, through Public Information section organized on 25 September 2019, a debate around the theme "Climate change, environmental consequences and populations’ living conditions in Tanganyika province". The activity is part of the commemoration of the International Day of Peace, celebrated on 21 September under the theme: " Climate Action, Action for Peace". Nearly 80 people including 20 women took part in the…