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The Security Council.
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Security Council sharpens sanctions on DPR Korea in wake of ballistic missile launch

22 January 2013
Reiterating its condemnation of a December 2012 missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Security Council today more sharply targeted sanctions on that country, while again demanding an end to its nuclear and ballistic tests.
Women in Kitchanga, eastern DR of Congo, wash clothes in a water source that is also used for drinking and cooking.
OCHA-Goma/Imane Cherif

UN appeals for $30.5 million to support humanitarian response in eastern DR Congo

17 January 2013
The United Nations and its partners are appealing for $30.5 million to assist some 59,000 people who have been affected by the recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern province of North Kivu.
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Top UN official calls for international inquiry into human rights abuses in DPR Korea

14 January 2013
A top United Nations official today condemned the “deplorable” human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and urged the international community to launch an inquiry into serious crimes that have been persistent in the country for decades.
Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Roger Meece.
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

UN mission welcomes return of renowned doctor to eastern DR Congo following attack

14 January 2013
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has welcomed the return to Bukavu of Denis Mukwege, a physician internationally known for his work with rape victims who was attacked at his residence last October.
The fertile hills of Masisi district, in eastern DRC's North Kivu province
IRIN/Lisa Clifford

Increasing ethnic violence in DR Congo has led to serious humanitarian crisis – UN

4 January 2013
The substantial increase in violence among ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to a serious humanitarian crisis, displacing thousands of people who live in hostile conditions, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country said today.
MONUSCO peacekeepers on patrol.
UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

UN peacekeeping mission dismisses rumours related to armed group in eastern DR Congo

2 January 2013
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today dismissed several rumours related to the presence of an armed group in the country’s east.