Democratic

Students at the WFP, UNICEF-supported Provincial Boarding School in Hamhung City, DPRK.
UNOCHA/David Ohana

UN human rights office ‘extremely concerned’ that young DPR Korea defectors likely sent home

31 May 2013
One day after an independent United Nations human rights expert said he was extremely concerned for the protection of nine defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the group has apparently been returned to the country.
An advance team of the intervention brigade with a special mandate to neutralize and disarm armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, arrives in Goma.
MONUSCO

Brig Gen James Mwakibolwa: New method of combating violence in the DR Congo

29 May 2013
“The Force Intervention Brigade is something very positive,” Brigadier General James Aloizi Mwakibolwa said. “The soldiers who are coming in are very professional. They are trained and instructed specifically on this mission and on how they have to perform.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the press.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Ban says global support for Great Lakes peace deal can help Africa write ‘new narrative’

29 May 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Governments and private investors alike to be courageous and help Africa’s Great Lakes region leave behind its strife-torn past and a craft a “new narrative” based on peace, security and long-term development.
FARDC and MONUSCO reinforce their presence in and around Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following clashes between M23 and national troops.
MONUSCO/Clara Padovan

Senior UN humanitarian official urges end to ‘horrors’ in eastern DR Congo

28 May 2013
Lamenting the immense suffering of the people in North Kivu and other parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where violence “has gone on for too long,” a senior United Nations relief official touring the region today called for an end to the fighting.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
UNESCO

UNESCO chief calls for investigation into murder of DR Congo journalist

27 May 2013
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today called for an investigation into the murder of a journalist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Guylain Chanjabo.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Joint efforts critical to achieve peace in eastern DR Congo – UN chief

26 May 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that African countries have a “historic opportunity” to end the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and underlined that joint efforts will be critical to stabilize the region.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) is greeted on arrival in Goma by the Commander of the UN intervention brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) General James Mwakibolwa.
MONUSCO/Clara Padovan

DR Congo: In Goma, Secretary-General hails regional accord as ‘best chance for peace in years’

23 May 2013
Arriving today in restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all the leaders of Africa’s Great Lakes region to throw their support behind a recently-signed peace accord which aims to ensure security, as well as development, for the long-troubled country.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (right) are greeted on arrival in Kinshasa by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani

On joint visit to DR Congo, UN and World Bank chiefs voice support for latest peace effort

22 May 2013
In the first visit of its kind, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support a recent peace deal and promote economic development in the long-troubled region.
Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson.
MONUSCO

UN envoy proposes set of principles to guide peace efforts in DR Congo

21 May 2013
The United Nations Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region today proposed a set of principles to guide immediate peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while voicing concerns over renewed fighting in the eastern part of the country.
MONUSCO peacekeeper in Kibati, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: UN voices concern as fighting resumes between Government and M23 forces

20 May 2013
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced its concern about renewed clashes between rebels from the 23 March Movement (M23) and the national armed forces in the eastern city of Goma.