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The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, expressed regret at the decision of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to request that the spokesperson of the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) to depart the country. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres spoke to President Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC and conveyed his condolences and apologized for Sunday's incident which involved UN peacekeepers and took place in Kasindi on the border of the DRC. UNIFEED

Speaking at the first ever Security Council high-level debate on strategic communications in peacekeeping operations, Secretary-General António Guterres said that in a context where “misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech are increasingly used as weapons of war,” strategic communications “is critical across the spectrum of our peacekeeping mandate and crucial to achieving our mission.” UNIFEED

The head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said, “Ongoing M23 and armed group activities in eastern DRC threaten to reverse hard-won progress in security and stability in Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) said that fighting between the Congolese armed forces and the M23 armed group has continued Monday in the areas of Tshanzu and Runyoni, as well as close to Bigenga, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

Briefing reporters today, Farhan Haq, UN Deputy Spokesperson said that “colleagues at the UN Mission [MONUSCO] have confirmed the death of one peacekeeper from Nepal.” UNIFEED

In the presence of the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a memorial service took place in Goma for eight peacekeepers from Pakistan, Russia and Serbia who lost their lives in a helicopter crash. MONUSCO

The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) said, without a combination of approaches that address “both causes and symptoms, our resources and those of the FARDC (the Congolese military) will remain insufficient” in the face of the deteriorating security situation in the country, adding that this illustrates the “inherent limitations of relying solely on security operations to resolve these conflicts.” UNIFEED

Providing an update on Tuesday’s attack in the province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations spokesperson Farhan Haq said, “UN peacekeepers are continuing to conduct robust patrols in the area” and “have also reinforced their Temporary Operating Base in the area with troops from Bunia.” UNIFEED

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED