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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay

Justice essential to breaking cycle of conflict in DR Congo, UN rights chief says

28 November 2008
Outbreaks of bloodshed will continue to occur in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where in the past few months escalating conflict has uprooted a quarter of a million people, unless impunity is ended for those guilty of the worst violations, the top United Nations human rights official said today in Geneva.

Human rights violations spiralling out of control in DR Congo, warns UN official

27 November 2008
The top United Nations human rights official today urged the international community to take urgent action to stop the deteriorating cycle of sexual violence, bloodshed and destruction in the war-torn eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Alan Doss, Special Representative for the DR of Congo

Extra blue helmets will aid political efforts to bring peace to DR Congo – UN

26 November 2008
The additional blue helmets that will be deployed to help quell the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will create space for political and diplomatic peace efforts to press ahead, the top United Nations envoy to the vast African nation said today as he stressed the fragility of the situation.
MONUC Peacekeepers provide security at IDP camp in Kibati, North Kivu

New fighting in eastern DR Congo sends more civilians fleeing in panic, UN reports

25 November 2008
Rebels in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) launched new military attacks today under the cover of a so-called police and pacification operation, breaking the ceasefire and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis, the United Nations mission reported today.
Didace Namujimbo, journalist with radio Okapi

Ban voices outrage after murder of journalist at Congolese radio station

24 November 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his deep distress at hearing of the murder of a journalist working for a UN-sponsored radio station in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Special Envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo

Dialogue between warring parties crucial to peace in DR Congo, says UN envoy

24 November 2008
Encouraging dialogue between the Congolese Government and rebels is critical to securing peace in the war-torn far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the crisis and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo said today.
IDPs in town north of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province

Eastern DR Congo relatively calm, UN mission reports

21 November 2008
The security situation in war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is calm, with the recent ceasefire apparently holding, the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the country reported today.
MONUC Peacekeepers provide security at IDP camp in Kibati, North Kivu

Security Council authorizes boost to UN peacekeeping force in DR Congo

20 November 2008
The Security Council today authorized a temporary increase of more than 3,000 blue helmets serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to deal with the violence in the country’s east, which has displaced an estimated 250,000 civilians in recent months.
MONUC forces on patrol in Rutshuru

DR Congo: Ban welcomes rebel pullback and increased aid access in east

19 November 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the announcement of a military pullback by a rebel militia and the opening of humanitarian corridors to allow unfettered access to vulnerable people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where recent conflict has uprooted a quarter of a million people.
IDPs collect rations at food distribution center, Goma

Top UN envoy voices hope for additional troops in volatile eastern DR Congo

18 November 2008
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is increasing its food distributions in the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a bid to reach almost 100,000 people uprooted by the conflict.