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Situation of human rights and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 30/26, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports on the human rights situation and the activities of the United Nations Joint…

Visit of Princess Caroline of Monaco and Brazilian Ambassador to Kitchanga
The Princess of Monaco Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline and the Brazilian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo His Excellency Paoulo UCHOA have visited the Internal Displaced Persons camp in Mungote in Kitchanga…

Inauguration of Congolese National Police (PNC) Health Centre constructed by MONUSCO in Rutshuru
Rutshuru, 28 September, 2016 – The North Kivu Provincial Commissioner of Police, General Awachango Vital, and the representative of MONUSCO’s Goma Head of Office, Joseph Balironda, have hailed the construction of a brand new…

Infographic on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
The management of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel in peace operations is a complicated matter. Several actors are involved and many steps have to be taken. More than often we have struggled to…

Political polarization in DR Congo may spark ‘large-scale violence,’ UN envoy warns Security Council
11 October 2016 – Warning of an extremely fragile political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where “actors on all sides appear more and more willing to resort to violence to achieve their ends,” the…

Statement by the Head of MONUSCO, Maman Sambo Sidikou, to the UN Security Council
11 October 2016 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil de sécurité, Je vous remercie de l'opportunité qui m'est offerte de vous entretenir sur la situation en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Je…

Top UN peacekeeping official pushes for endorsement of DR Congo political accord
11 January 2017 – Addressing the Security Council, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations today urged the international community to push for a swift endorsement of the so-called 31 December political accord in…

The United Nations commits to support the Great Lakes region in finding durable solutions to the issue of South Sudanese disarmed elements present in eastern DRC
Kinshasa, 16 January 2017 - The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of…

MONUSCO determined to put an end to transhumance-caused repeated and violent clashes in the South-Kivu province
A meeting in which an ambitious inter-provincial project was revealed took place Wednesday 18 January 2017 at MONUSCO headquarters in Uvira. It was attended by national, provincial, and local authorities who strongly felt the…

MONUSCO Trains HIV Counsellors in Goma
Goma, 17 January, 2017 – In the fight against HIV and AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), MONUSCO has been supporting national institutions as well as the initiatives of the United Nations system in its…
