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North Kivu: Three Indian peacekeepers killed in an attack at Kirumba
Goma, 18 August 2010 - On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, three Indian Blue Helmets of the IV Battalion were killed in an attack on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)'s…
Assistant Secretary General of the UN Peacekeeping Operations on mission in DRC
Kinshasa, 30 August 2010 – Pursuant to rapes earlier this month in North Kivu, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon decided to dispatch on the ground the Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations. Atul Khare…
MONUSCO trains FARDC officers in child protection
Mbandaka , 1 September 2010 - The Child Protection Section has organized a training this week for fifty officers of the 3rd Military Region of the FARDC . The purpose of this training was to help these soldiers understand the…
Goma : Ceremony in tribute to the three peacekeepers killed in Kirumba
Goma, 19 August 2010 - A ceremony in honor of the three Indian soldiers killed yesterday in an attack in MONUSCO base in Kirumba was held today at the international airport of Goma in the presence of military and civilian…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
Ecuador: Theatre as a tool for awareness against sexual violence
Mbandaka, 21 August 2010 - The second edition of Mbandaka theatre festival, launched in 2009 by the Public Information Section of MONUC / Mbandaka, was held this weekend in the capital of the province. The objective of the…
Ituri : A campaign to explain Security Council resolution 1925
Bunia, 23 August 2010 – MONUSCO Public Information office launched a sensitization campaign on Security Council resolution 1925, adopted on May 28, 2010, on MONUSCO mandate, in order to inform and educate the population of…
First press conference of the Special Representative Roger Meece
Kinshasa, 18 August 2010 - The new Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) and Head of Mission for Stabilization in DRC ( MONUSCO ), took office last July 26…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
UN voices outrage at the rape of 150 civilians by rebels in the eastern DRC
New York, 24 August 2010 - The Secretary -General Ban Ki -moon on Tuesday expressed outrage at the rape and sexual assault of about 154 Congolese civilians during a recent attack by armed elements Mayi - Mayi and the…
MONUSCO to carry on with Operation "Shop Window” in North Kivu
Goma, 9 September 2010 - The outbursts of violence, armed gangs activities in Walikale and Masisi territories and the numerous cases of human rights violations have led the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DRC (…
DRC : we must bring to justice those responsible for mass rape
New York, 7 September 2010 - Sent at the end of August in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) by UN chief Ban Ki - moon to shed light on the circumstances of mass rape in the east , the Under - Secretary General for…