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Ituri chief from DRC

DR Congo: UN peacekeepers meet with traditional chiefs in volatile east

5 May 2006
The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has launched a series of meetings with traditional chiefs to strengthen its relationship with communities in the militia-ridden Ituri District, where security remains precarious and humanitarian access has been severely reduced in recent weeks.

UN humanitarian office shores up presence in DR Congo’s Katanga province

4 May 2006
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has opened a Field Coordination Unit in the troubled Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) saying the area is in the “throes of a silent humanitarian crisis.”
MONUC spokesman Kemal Saiki briefs the press

DR Congo: UN denounces human rights violations in Katanga

3 May 2006
Military personnel from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as well as members of Mai-Mai groups are systematically committing human rights violations against scores of civilians in the Katanga province of the vast, war-torn country, the United Nations Mission there (MONUC) said today.
Column of exhausted people arrives in Mitwaba village

DRC: UN refugee agency prepares to register thousands of internally displaced

28 April 2006
The United Nations refugee agency said today it has begun preparations to register thousands of internally displaced persons next week in the conflict-ravaged Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where almost 200,000 people have been driven from their homes in the last six months because of fighting between the Government and Mai Mai rebels.

UN Security Council authorizes European force in DR Congo

25 April 2006
The United Nations Security Council today endorsed the deployment of a European Union reserve force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to bolster stability in the vast country for its June 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections and up to four months afterward.
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Security Council approves UN troop redeployment from Burundi to DR Congo

10 April 2006
The Security Council today authorized the temporary redeployment of peacekeepers from the Organization's operation in Burundi (ONUB) to its mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) to strengthen security and oversight for the upcoming Congolese elections.
Congolese children in Katanga Province, DRC

DR of Congo: UN airdrops food into embattled Katanga province

7 April 2006
In its first food airdrops outside Sudan in eight years, the under-funded United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a “logistical nightmare” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as it seeks to aid up to 200,000 people uprooted by fighting in the violence-wracked south-eastern province of Katanga.
Agriculture supports two-thirds of DRC's 60 million

DR Congo: UN seeks to revive vital agricultural sector disrupted by war

5 April 2006
With nearly 80 per cent of the population of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) trapped in extreme poverty and more than 70 per cent undernourished, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is appealing for $50 million to support the agricultural rehabilitation of the vast war-torn country.

Annan calls for redeployment of some peacekeepers from Burundi to DR Congo

4 April 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has announced his intention to redeploy peacekeepers from the organization's operation in Burundi (ONUB) to its mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) to boost security and monitoring during the Congolese elections and beyond.

DR of Congo: UN denounces re-recruitment, maltreatment of child soldiers

31 March 2006
Denouncing the re-recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations officials have called for the immediate release of youngsters by the various armed groups in the faction-ridden country.