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Russian Ambassador Vitally Churkin, who holds the chairmanship of the Security Council for the month of March, briefs reporters on the Council's plan of work for this month. UNTV
Russian Ambassador Vitally Churkin, who holds the chairmanship of the Security Council for the month of March, briefs reporters on the Council's plan of work for this month. UNTV
A lull in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last month permitted UNICEF and its partners to distribute much needed relief kits to people trapped in a cycle of repeated displacements. It was the largest distribution of household items in North Kivu in recent years. UNICEF
AFRICOM Commander General Carter Ham visits Kinshasa to meet with government authorities and Congolese military. MONUSCO
A fact finding mission was dispatched to the locality of Mutongo, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to investigate allegations of Human Rights violations, including 42 alleged rapes, mass and arbitrary killings and internal displacements committed by elements of the armed group Alliance des Patriotes pour un Congo Libre [...]
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Bisengimana, a senior commander with the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) turned himself into the UN Mission (MONUSCO) on Wednesday and is being transferred to a camp for demobilized soldiers in Rwanda. In an interview, he condemns FDLR soldiers who commit rape. MONUSCO
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence Margot Wallström visits Kamako along the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. The UN reported that last year there were around 1,350 cases of sexual and gender-based violence against Congolese expelled from Angola. MONUSCO
Rape victims from Songo Mboyo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were presented with a boat on Monday from the UN. The boat will be used by the women to transport goods to the market in support of their income-generating activities. MONUSCO
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallström attended the opening of City of Joy on Friday, a revolutionary new community for women survivors of gender violence in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. MONUSCO
UN Special Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Roger Meece visits Kapalata in the east of the country where about 500 newly recruited members of the Congolese National Police are being trained. The training is funded by the Japanese Government and backed by the UN Mission in the country. MONUSCO
UN chief in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Roger Meece travels to the village of Bendera in Katanga where recent FDLR presence has been reported. Meece talks about the need to protect civilians and establish “security conditions that would allow people to live their daily lives and to go to work in a safe [...]