Press Releases

  • International Youth Day:
    12 Aug 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, appeals for the mobilization of young people as actors of change for the development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, 12 August 2014: On the occasion of the celebration of the International Youth Day, Martin Kobler, Head of...
  • Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, urges all to save children of DRC from the scourge of war
    22 Jul 2014 - UN report on Children and Armed Conflict in the DRC More than 6,000 children victims of conflict related violence in DRC Kinshasa, 21 July, 2014: More than 6 000 Congolese children were victims of violence between January 2010 and December 2013, reveals a UN report on...
  • Press Release
    26 May 2014 - Martin Kobler, Représentant Spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies et Chef de la MONUSCO Zainab Hawa Bangura, Représentante Spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies chargée de la question des violences sexuelles commises en période de conflit Ces haut...
  • MONUSCO reacts to Minova ruling
    06 May 2014 - Kinshasa, 05 May 2014: MONUSCO takes note of the ruling that was passed on Monday 5 May in Goma by the “Cour militaire opérationnelle du Nord-Kivu” (Military Operational Court of North-Kivu) against 39 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
  • Lake Kivu
    05 May 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, deplores loss of lives in a shipwreck on Lake Kivu. MONUSCO mobilized in support of the victims. Kinshasa, 05 May 2014 – “It is with a very heavy heart that I learned today’s shipwreck on Lake Kivu. My thoughts are with the families of the...
  • North Kivu:
    13 Apr 2014 - Following strong increase in volcanic activity in Goma areas, Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO offers support to provincial authorities Kinshasa, 13 April 2014: “MONUSCO has offered assistance to the North Kivu authorities and will work closely with North Kivu officials in...
  • Martin Kobler, the Head of MONUSCO, calls for natural resources that benefit everyone
    24 Mar 2014 - Goma, 24 March 2014: Martin Kobler, the Head of MONUSCO announced this Monday the United Nations’ support for regulated, fair and clean exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “The United Nations family is prepared to back the exploitation,...
  • Martin Kobler, MONUSCO Chief, welcomes ICC decision on Congolese warlord
    07 Mar 2014 - 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 Court which found former militia leader Germain...
  • North Kivu:
    04 Mar 2014 - 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 directed against MONUSCO is...
  • Martin Kobler, MONUSCO Chief deplores last night’s violence in Bukavu, South-Kivu province
    21 Feb 2014 - 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 conscience. I wish to remind the shared...

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