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Kananga, 7 March 2014.MONUSCO Public Information, in partnership with the “Ligue de la Zone Afrique pour la Défense du Droit des Enfants et Elèves (LIZADEEL)” held on Friday 14 March 2014, a public awareness session on the…

Saturday 8 March, General Pascal Champion, MONUSCO Police Component chief chaired the official ceremony for the launch of the Mission’s UNPOL Women’s Committee made up of a dozen women, all of whom members of the MONUSCO…

MONUSCO Goma commemorated the International Women’s Day 08 March with a 2-day Art Exhibition. Organized by MONUSCO Welfare Unit in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, the exhibition showcased, amongst…

Kinshasa, 11 March 2014: “I urge all FDLR rebels to immediately break away from their leaders who are being prosecuted by justice, otherwise they will be forcibly disarmed,” declared Martin Kobler, the Head of MONUSCO…

Mbandaka – 7 March 2014 - MONUSCO explained its mandate and role in the implementation of the Addis-Ababa Framework for Peace, Security and Cooperation for the DRC and the Region,” in a conference organized by the Congolese…

MONUSCO and UN Women honor Congolese women who, every day, build the societal, economic and political spheres of the country Kinshasa, 8 March 2014 – MONUSCO and UN Women in the DRC join their voices to encourage each and…

Kinshasa, 7 March 2014: Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC, expressed his strong appreciation following the verdict rendered earlier today by the International Criminal…

Mbandaka, 5 March 2014 – New equipment donated by the DR Congo’s central Government to improve detention conditions at the Prison of Mbandaka, Equateur province, was handed over to the prison authorities on Tuesday 4 March…

Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO, strongly condemns the grenade attack on a MONUSCO convoy in Beni Kinshasa, 03 Mars 2014: On Monday, a MONUSCO vehicle was attacked with grenades in the Beni region of North Kivu. “This attack…

This report released by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) focuses on human rights violations committed between 1st October 2011 and 31 January 2012 in the…

Goma, 25 February 2014 - In commemoration of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (12 February 2014), the Child Protection Section (CPS) in Goma hosted a week of activities aimed at raising awareness on the…

Kinshasa, 21 February 2014: Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC has expressed deep concerns over yesterday’s acts of violence in Bukavu, “such events appeal to everyone’s…