News | MONUC
| Human Rights: MONUC releases reports on Kiwanja and Kanyabayonga incidents | |
MONUC - September 9, 2009 | |
 | This first report documents the main human rights abuses that were committed and the legal framework that applies to them, as well as the chain of command that was in operation at the time of the perpetration of the abuses. Therein, the UNJHRO formulates several recommendations to the Congolese authorities, the parties to the conflict, and the international community, notably MONUC to improve its capacity to protect civilian populations. |
| First Elements of Additional Troops to Reinforce MONUC Arrive in DRC | |
MONUC - August 27, 2009 | |
 | An advanced team of 10 officers and 178 troops from the Bangladeshi army arrived in Bunia, district of Ituri yesterday Wednesday 26 August ahead of a new contingent which will be part of the 3000 additional troops authorized by the Security Council in December 2009 to deploy in DRC. |
| World Bank President Robert Zoellick Meets with President Joseph Kabila in Goma | |
ACP - August 11, 2009 | |
 | The president of the World Bank, Robert B. Zoellick, met with President Joseph Kabila for an hour on Tuesday in Goma (North Kivu province). They reviewed the economic issues affecting the DRC amidst the global fincancial crisis. |
| Ban Ki-moon welcomes summit between leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda | |
UN News - August 7, 2009 | |
 | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed yesterday’s summit between the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, the first official bilateral meeting since the neighbouring African nations broke off official ties more than one decade ago. |
| Susan Rice: United Nations Peacekeeping Force Under Severe Strain | |
VOA News - July 30, 2009 | |
 | The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations says the U.N. peacekeeping force is stretched to the limit, and needs more support and supervision. Ambassador Susan Rice told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that peacekeeping helps protect the United States and other nations. Rice is urging Congress to support peacekeeping, despite sexual misconduct by a few members of the force. |
| MONUC trains its staff on sexual exploitation and abuse | |
MONUC - July 30, 2009 | |
 | Mounia Lakhdar-Hamina and Kandi Godia, of the Conduct and Discipline (CDU) unit recalled the importance for staff to conduct themselves well. “Recruited to assist a country beset by various difficulties, MONUC staff are continually watched by the population,” said Ms Kandi Godia. In this respect, they are expected to comply with “the highest standards of conduct required by their private and professional lives.” In other words, staff should comply with the UN codes of conduct and the host country’s laws, she added. |
| DR Congo troops take Rwandan rebels' command headquarter in South Kivu province | |
Xinhua - July 29, 2009 | |
 | DR Congo government troops have captured the command headquarter of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an anti-government group, in Kashindaba, a military commander declared on Wednesday. |
| UN team looking into alleged sexual misconduct by blue helmets in DR Congo | |
UN News - July 24, 2009 | |
| A fact-finding team has been dispatched by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate rumours of sexual misconduct surrounding some blue helmets stationed in the country’s far east. |
| Senior UN peacekeeping official assesses DR Congo's prisons | |
UN News - July 22, 2009 | |
 | A senior United Nations peacekeeping official continued his tour today of the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he is evaluating the state of the country’s troubled prison system. |
| Civilians paying price of efforts to thwart DR Congo armed groups, UN envoy says | |
UN News - July 10, 2009 | |
 | Civilians are bearing the brunt of attempts to dismantle armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the rebels carrying out vicious reprisals and some Government soldiers committing serious human rights abuses, the senior United Nations official to the country told the Security Council today. |
