Press Releases 2014

  • South Kivu:
    16 Dec 2014 - Conviction of Lieutenant-Colonel Bedi Engangela alias « Colonel 106 » is a strong message to perpetrators of human rights abuses, says MONUSCO Kinshasa, 16 December 2014 - MONUSCO welcomes the conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment of Lieutenant-Colonel Bedi Engangela...
  • World Aids Day:
    02 Dec 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, and Mamadou Sakho, UNAIDS Country Director for the DRC, appeal for “zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths” Kinshasa, 1st December 2014 - “World Aids Day reminds us of the importance of the...
  • Human Rights:
    18 Oct 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, profoundly concerned at the request of DRC Government calling for the departure of Scott Campbell ã Kinshasa, 18 October 2014 – Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, is deeply disturbed by the request of the DRC government, calling for the...
  • North Kivu:
    17 Oct 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, is in Beni to express his support to the families of the victims of the massacres perpetrated by ADF Beni, 17 October 2014 – Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, paid homage to the victims of the Beni attacks,...
  • Fight against Ebola Virus:
    09 Oct 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, commends Government and international actors’ efforts controlling the Ebola virus in the DRC Kinshasa, 9 October 2014 – After a visit to Lokolia and Boende in Equateur province, Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, commends the great work done by...
  • International Youth Day:
    12 Aug 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, appeals for the mobilization of young people as actors of change for the development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, 12 August 2014: On the occasion of the celebration of the International Youth Day, Martin Kobler, Head of...
  • Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, urges all to save children of DRC from the scourge of war
    22 Jul 2014 - UN report on Children and Armed Conflict in the DRC More than 6,000 children victims of conflict related violence in DRC Kinshasa, 21 July, 2014: More than 6 000 Congolese children were victims of violence between January 2010 and December 2013, reveals a UN report on...
  • Press Release
    26 May 2014 - Martin Kobler, Représentant Spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies et Chef de la MONUSCO Zainab Hawa Bangura, Représentante Spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies chargée de la question des violences sexuelles commises en période de conflit Ces haut...
  • MONUSCO reacts to Minova ruling
    06 May 2014 - Kinshasa, 05 May 2014: MONUSCO takes note of the ruling that was passed on Monday 5 May in Goma by the “Cour militaire opérationnelle du Nord-Kivu” (Military Operational Court of North-Kivu) against 39 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
  • Lake Kivu
    05 May 2014 - Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, deplores loss of lives in a shipwreck on Lake Kivu. MONUSCO mobilized in support of the victims. Kinshasa, 05 May 2014 – “It is with a very heavy heart that I learned today’s shipwreck on Lake Kivu. My thoughts are with the families of the...

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