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Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN officials deplore death sentences in case of murdered Congolese journalist

22 May 2008
The United Nations’ top human rights official and its Special Envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today condemned the sentencing to death of three civilians by a Congolese military tribunal in connection with the murder of journalist Serge Maheshe last year.
Ross Mountain, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (second from left)

DR Congo: UN submits report on February violence in far west to authorities

21 May 2008
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) said today that it has sent a report on the February 2008 violence in the Bas-Congo province to the Congolese authorities.
ICC Registrar Silvana Arbia (Left) and Radhika Coomaraswamy

Trial of Congolese defendant ‘crucial step’ to end impunity – senior UN official

28 April 2008
The trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, who has been charged by the International Criminal Court with recruiting child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), will be “a crucial step in the fight against impunity and will have a decisive deterrent effect against perpetrators of this outrageous crime against humanity,” according to the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
FAO Goodwill Ambassador Miriam Makeba

DR Congo: South African UN Goodwill Ambassador meets rape survivors

13 March 2008
Women who have survived sexual violence endure a “triple tragedy” – physical, psychological and social – in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South African singer and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Goodwill Ambassador Miriam Makeba has said.

DR Congo: UN reinforces peacekeepers in west to quell flare-up of violence

3 March 2008
The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) is dispatching additional peacekeepers to Bas-Congo province in the far west of the vast African country following renewed outbursts of deadly violence there.

New accords in eastern DR Congo must aid displaced persons – UN rights official

25 February 2008
Recent accords aimed at ending fighting in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are an opportunity to finally stop the horrific abuse of people displaced by that violence, an independent United Nations human rights official said following a 10-day visit to the troubled region.

UN probes killings by Government forces, rebels in eastern DR Congo

20 February 2008
The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said today that it is investigating human rights violations committed by both Government troops and rebel groups in the eastern part of the strife-torn nation.

DR Congo: experts call for bolstered monitoring of arms shipments

19 February 2008
The Group of Experts dealing with illegal arms flows into and around the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called for the strengthening of the monitoring capacity of the United Nations Mission in the vast African nation.
The distribution areas in central Katanga can only be reached by boat

UN refugee agency aids 55,000 Congolese returning to Katanga

15 February 2008
The United Nations refugee agency is distributing supplies to some 55,000 displaced people who have returned to their homes in the southern province of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Security Council extends arms embargo against militia groups in DR Congo

15 February 2008
The Security Council today extended its arms embargo and other sanctions against militias operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until the end of March, underlining that it remains deeply concerned about the presence of unauthorized armed groups, especially in the east of the vast and impoverished country.