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Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO condemns strongly M23 following the loss of one peacekeeper
Kinshasa, 27 October 2013: One peacekeeper died today following fightings with M23 in Kiwanja. “I am outraged by this tragic news. The soldier died while protecting the people of Kiwanja. This deserves my deepest respect. I…
Statement on the Kampala Dialogue
Entebbe, 11 November 2013: Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson, U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russ Feingold, Special…
MONUSCO equips the professional training center of Beni
Beni, 7 November 2013 – In Beni, North Kivu province, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) on Tuesday, 5 November 2013, gave a set of sewing machines to the…
Martin Kobler Congratulates Dr. Denis Mukwege winner of the 2013 Civil Courage Prize
Kinshasa, 16 October 2013: “I congratulate Dr. Mukwege from the bottom of my heart. The Civil Courage Prize is the recognition of his work and of the whole staff of Panzi Hospital. More generally, it honors all those who…
MONUSCO trains FARDC officers in Dungu on how to use GPS equipment
Dungu, 8 October 2013 – Congolese armed Force (FARDC) officers In Dungu, Haut-Uélé district, in the Eastern province were trained by the Guatemalan peacekeepers of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of…
Martin Kobler and Mary Robinson condemn new attack by the M23 against a UN Helicopter
Kinshasa, 18 October 2013: The head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mary Robinson, strongly condemned a new attack by the M23 against an unarmed MONUSCO helicopter, the second in…
MONUSCO deplores lack of progress on the Minova case
Kinshasa, 19 October 2013: MONUSCO deplores the lack of progress in prosecuting the perpetrators of gross violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including mass rape, committed in November 2012 in…
MONUSCO chief on a two-day visit to Dungu
Dungu, 18 December 2013 – The chief of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Martin Kobler, arrived in Dungu, a city located in the far-north of the Eastern province, in the…
MONUSCO strongly condemns attacks by a group of armed men in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Kindu
Kinshasa, 31 December 2013: The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is gravely concerned by attacks carried out concomitantly by armed men on 30 December 2013, on the…
MONUSCO’s Martin Kobler witnesses the destruction of weapons in Goma
Goma, 20 November 2013 – Marking his first 100 days in office as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Martin Kobler led a special ceremony in Goma, North Kivu…