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Voter is checked against register before casting vote

DR Congo: Annan calls on presidential candidates to avoid violence as votes are counted

30 October 2006
With provisional results in yesterday’s presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) not expected for another 10 days, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the two candidates and their supporters to avoid acts of violence at all cost after the largest and most complex elections the United Nations has ever helped organize.

DR Congo: Annan ‘very concerned’ at rising violence ahead of Sunday’s elections

27 October 2006
As the United Nations Mission in the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reinforced security and placed military observers throughout the vast country ahead of Sunday’s run-off presidential election, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed deep concern at the increasing level of violence.

DR Congo: amid tensions ahead of Sunday’s presidential vote, UN appeals for calm

26 October 2006
Amid tension ahead of Sunday’s presidential elections, the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called on the two candidates to maintain the unity of the country both before and after the polls and not repeat the first round behaviour of unilaterally proclaiming themselves the winner.

DR Congo: UN-backed support group concerned at violence ahead of elections

20 October 2006
A United Nations-backed group supporting the political transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has voiced its “deep concern” over violent incidents that marred the first week of campaigning in the second round of presidential elections set for 29 October.

DR Congo: UN mission condemns attacks, calls for restraint ahead of elections

19 October 2006
With less than two week to go before the second round of presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission has condemned the latest acts of violence and called for restraint as the vast country seeks to cement its transition from a six-year civil war.

DR Congo presidential contenders to receive use of UN helicopters for campaigning

18 October 2006
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has made two helicopters available for the use of the two contenders as they campaign in the run-off round of the country’s historic presidential elections.
Recipients wait on train carrying food aid

Over 200,000 to be fed in the DR Congo by UN agency’s largest aid convoy in years

13 October 2006
Almost a quarter of a million of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees in remote areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are set to receive much-needed food aid, as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today transports close to 600 metric tons to Katanga Province.
Refugees wait trucks that will take them to Uvira

Landmark UN convoy brings first of 25,000 Congolese home from Burundi

11 October 2006
A landmark United Nations convoy has brought the first group of nearly 25,000 Congolese refugees back home from Burundi in another sign of the gradual return to normalcy in the war-torn country.

Top UN political officer to visit DR Congo ahead of elections

10 October 2006
In a bid to encourage smooth and peaceful presidential and provincial assembly elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the top United Nations political officer will begin a four-day visit on Friday as the vast country seeks to cement its transition from six years of civil war and continued factional violence.
William Lacy Swing

As DR Congo gears for provincial polls, UN envoy warns against hate messages in media

6 October 2006
Warning of the damage that hate messages can wreak, the top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today urged the country’s authorities to maintain their efforts to keep such messages out of the media during the campaign for provincial elections later this month.