Press Releases

  • UN helicopter accident in South Kivu
    12 Mar 2013 - Kinshasa, 12 March 2013 – The UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) regrets to announce the death of the four crew members on board of one of its civilian helicopters that crashed on Saturday 09 March some 20 kilometers west of the city of...
  • MONUSCO denounces the circulation of a fabricated document ascribed to the Mission
    30 Jan 2013 - Kinshasa, 30 January 2013: Since yesterday, certain media outlets have been posting a document ascribed to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which would confirm a cooperation between the Forces démocratiques...
  • MONUSCO’s Mission Finds Rumors from Masisi, Nord-Kivu Province, Unfounded
    30 Jan 2013 - Kinshasa, 2 January 2013: Between 21 and 24 December 2012, the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) dispatched an evaluation team to Mpati, Nyange and Bibwe in the territory of Masisi, Nord-Kivu province. The team...
  • MONUSCO denounces the circulation of a fabricated document ascribed to the Mission
    30 Jan 2013 - Kinshasa, 30 January 2013: Since yesterday, certain media outlets have been posting a document ascribed to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which would confirm a cooperation between the Forces démocratiques...
  • United Nations Protest Suspension of Radio Okapi by CSAC
    04 Dec 2012 - Kinshasa, 2 December 2012: The United Nations Organization Mission Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo expresses deep disappointment at a decision taken by the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel et de la Communication (CSAC) on 30 November to suspend the...
  • UN alarmed over killings in Masisi territory in DR Congo
    29 Aug 2012 - Kinshasa / Geneva 29 August 2012 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the DRC, Roger Meece, expressed deep concern today over reports of further massacres of civilians in Masisi territory, North Kivu at the beginning of August - the latest in a series...
  • MONUSCO Denounces Recruitment of Children and Youth by M23 Armed Group
    07 Aug 2012 - Kinshasa, 7 August 2012 – The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) expressed deep concern today over growing evidence of forced recruitment of civilians by the M23 for both combat and non-combat purposes.
    "Whilst forced...
  • Progress in the fight to end impunity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    20 Mar 2012 - Kinshasa, 14 March 2012: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomes today's decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, found guilty of enlisting and conscripting...
  • MONUSCO evacutes victims of Shabunda attacks
    20 Mar 2012 - Kinshasa, 09 January 2012: MONUSCO strongly condemns the attacks on civilians by armed groups in several remote villages in Shabunda territory of South Kivu Province. During 1 and 4 January 2012, MONUSCO received reports that about 45 civilians were killed and at least 50...
  • DRC: UN Joint Human Rights Office report on mass rapes in Walikale
    06 Jul 2011 - Investigation into mass rapes and other human rights violations in Walikale reveals prevailing lack of accountability Kinshasa/Geneva, 6 July 2011: A UN investigation into serious human rights violations perpetrated in Walikale territory, North Kivu, where more than 387...

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