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Pétronille Vaweka. Photo MONUSCO/Lydie Betyna Ipanga
Action for Peacekeeping: “I try to awaken humanity in every person” says Pétronille Vaweka
Women are often shut out of conflict resolution processes the world over, despite clear and growing evidence that their engagement improves the likelihood of reaching peace agreements and the chances those agreements will be…
Conduct and discipline
The Conduct and Discipline Team As the Senior Advisor to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) at MONUSCO, the Conduct and Discipline Office (CDT) handles all matters related to conduct and discipline…
DDR/RR
Since the establishment of the United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants and related activities have been at the core of the…
Human rights day rally
Human Rights
The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) was created in February 2008 and is comprised of the MONUSCO Human Rights Division (HRD) and the former Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the DRC.
PR: CONSULTATIONS ON THE SADC MISSION IN THE DR CONGO (SAMIDRC) HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK
We , representatives of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the SADC Mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) the African Union, UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), and the Office of the United…
PR: DRC: Torture prevention mechanism urgently needed amid inhuman prison conditions
GENEVA/KINSHASA (11 December 2024) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) today called for urgent action to establish a torture prevention mechanism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), following its…
PR: MONUSCO welcomes the adoption of Security Council Resolution 2746 (2024) authorizing its support to SAMIDRC Forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa, August 7, 2024: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) expresses its appreciation of the United Nations Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2746…
About MONUSCO
MONUSCO took over from an earlier UN peacekeeping operation – the United Nations Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Des Casques bleus patrouillent à Butembo, dans le Nord-Kivu, en République démocratique du Congo, pour assurer la sécurité des communautés locales (photo d'archives).
ONU / ONU Photo /Martine Perret
Historical background and evolution of the MONUC / MONUSCO mandate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Origins of the conflict and establishment of MONUC Following the genocide perpetrated in Rwanda in 1994 and the establishment of a new Government in that country, approximately 1.2 million Rwandan Hutu refugees, including…
Facts and figures
Protecting civilians & consolidating peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo MONUSCO took over from an earlier UN peacekeeping operation – the United Nations Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUC)…