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A mother and her child at a UN-supported paediatric hospital in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
UN Photo/David Ohana

UN agencies issue urgent funding appeal to meet critical needs in DPR Korea

29 April 2013
Five United Nations agencies have issued an urgent appeal for $29.4 million to meet the most critical health and nutrition needs of the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the rest of this year.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

UN chief expresses support for dialogue on reopening Korean industrial complex

25 April 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today affirmed support for inter-Korean dialogue, following the Republic of Korea’s offer to hold talks with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on reopening the Kaesong Industrial Complex, which he considers a valuable bridge between the two countries.
Displaced by fighting, these women queue up for food vouchers in the village of Minova, in Eastern DRC.
WFP/Martin Penner

UN sees 'important' step in suspension of officers implicated in mass rapes

12 April 2013
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has suspended for further investigation the commanding officers of two of its battalions implicated in mass rapes and other human rights violations in what the United Nations today called “an important signal of the commitment of the Congolese authorities to hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans of the Netherlands a joint press conference.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

UN chief urges DPR Korea to refrain from ‘further’ provocation

8 April 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to refrain from taking “any further provocative measures” following reports that the country is planning a new missile launch.
Secrary-General Ban Ki-moon and Monaco's Minister of State and Chief of Government, Michel Roger, hold joint a press conference.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Ban ‘deeply concerned’ at rising tension on Korean peninsula

4 April 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he is “deeply concerned and troubled” by the rising tension on the Korean Peninsula, and called on all parties concerned to help calm the situation.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at press conference with Prime Minister Antoni Martí of Andorra.
Government of Andorra

Korean peninsula crisis has ‘gone too far,’ warns UN chief

2 April 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the current crisis on the Korean peninsula “has already gone too far,” following an announcement by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to restart its Yongbyon nuclear reactor.
IDPS wait for food distribution from WFP near a MONUSCO base in Kitchanga after heavy fighting broke out between APCLS and FARDC in early March 2013.
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: UN peacekeepers protect civilians after fighting in Kitchanga

1 April 2013
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have provided protection to some 1,500 civilians after renewed clashes between national forces and an armed group, a spokesperson for the world body said today.
Security Council votes to authorize the deployment of an intervention force to target armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Security Council approves intervention force to target armed groups in DR Congo

28 March 2013
The Security Council today authorized the deployment of an intervention brigade within the current United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to address imminent threats to peace and security.
Bosco Ntaganda during his initial appearance before the International Criminal Court in March 2013.
ICC-CPI

Congolese rebel leader makes initial appearance before International Criminal Court

26 March 2013
The International Criminal Court (ICC) set 23 September as the start date for the confirmation of charges hearing for Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, who made his first appearance before the tribunal today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Raymond Tshibanda N'tungamulongo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Ban and officials from DR Congo discuss fragile security situation

26 March 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today discussed the fragile security and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a meeting with the country’s Foreign Minister, Raymond Tshibanda N'tungamulongo.