Goma, 19 September 2012 – The first inaugural flight to the Rwandan capital, Kigali, with a Boeing 767 of Ethiopian Airlines registered 300 ER, took place on Tuesday, 18 September 2012, as part of the Global Field Support Strategy; several officials of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) witnessed the arrival of troops on this flight. It was 9:36 local time, when the aircraft, which…
Kasindi, 13 September 2012 – The Head of the Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Beni, Nord Kivu province, laid the foundation for a vocational center dedicated to training ex-combatants during a symbolic ceremony on 6 September 2012. This new center will provide skills in sewing, carpentry and masonry to some 70 demobilized ex-combatants. The training center is built…
Bukavu, 6 September 2012 - The civilian section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized, between 4 and 6 September 2012, a workshop on the prioritization of conflicts in six of the eight territories that Bukavu counts, the provincial capital of Sud-Kivu. Representatives of the Congolese Governments, local and international NGOs, civil society organizations, as well as UN…
Bunia, 7 September 2012 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) built a health clinic for the population of Nyakeru, a village located a dozen kilometers South of Bunia, the administrative center of the district. The official ceremony to hand over these new premises was on 5 September 2012. The health clinic comprises a consultation unit, an observation unit, a pharmacy as well as…
Kinshasa, 10 September 2012 – The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, is on an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mr. Ladsous arrived in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on Sunday, 9 September 2012 in the late afternoon. In Kinshasa, the Under-Secretary-General will meet with the highest authorities of the country, before heading to the eastern part of the DRC, precisely to…
Kananga, 5 September 2012 - Senior members of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Kasaï Occidental province visited Tshikapa, a town located about 265 km from Kananga, the provincial administrative capital. The joint mission conducted by the Public Information Office, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, and the Corrections Unit, started on 30 August and ended on 3…
Beni, 5 September 2012 - The Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Beni, Nord Kivu province, through its Child Protection section, organized from 30 to 31 August 2012, a workshop for some fifty youths in the town of Beni, located near the border with Uganda. The aim of the workshop was to increase youth awareness of the Mission's mandate. MONUSCO officials attending the workshop…
Beni, 3 September 2012 – On 30 August 2012, disadvantaged children, mostly physically-impaired, orphaned and displaced, living in social welfare centers across Beni, one of the major towns in Nord Kivu province, received presents from the local Office the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The gifts were essentially school supplies to assist these children as a new school year is just…
Bukavu, 30 August 2012 - As part of its public awareness and sensitization activities, the Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Sud-Kivu brought 230 schoolchildren to its premises for a visit designed to make them better acquainted with the Mission's role in the country. The children, who are under the care of different associations, came from various parts of the…
The United Nations Human Rights office calls on armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop attacks on civilians. Scott Campbell the UN Human Rights office representative in DRC expressed concern over civilian massacres, noting that armed groups have taken advantage of a security vacuum.