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Michael Kirby, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Jean-Marc Ferré

UN-mandated human rights inquiry on DPR Korea ‘not biased’, chair stresses

29 October 2013
Members of the United Nations-appointed inquiry into human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) today reiterated that they are not biased against Pyongyang, as they are poised to finalize their investigative work this week.
Head of Office Ray Torres (left) and MONUSCO Force Commander General Santos Cruz attend a memorial service for peacekeeper Lieutenant Radjab Ahmed Mulima of Tanzania, who was killed on 27 October 2013.
MONUSCO

Security Council ‘strongly condemns’ rebel attacks against UN mission in DR Congo

28 October 2013
The Security Council today condemned “in the strongest terms” the attacks by M23 rebels against the United Nations Mission in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), resulting in the death of a Tanzanian peacekeeper.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe (file photo)

Ban 'strongly condemns' killing of UN peacekeeper in eastern DR Congo

27 October 2013
United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned today the killing by M23 rebels of a UN peacekeeper in strife-riven eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and pledged the Organization's ongoing commitment to take “all necessary actions” to protect civilians in the country.

Special Representative and head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) Martin Kobler. Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani

DR Congo: UN mission chief deplores atrocities committed by armed group in eastern province

26 October 2013
Strongly condemning the “unimaginable atrocities” committed by the Mayi-Mayi Cheka armed group during a spate of recent attacks in which some 34 civilian were brutally killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the top United Nations official in the country today warned against impunity for such acts and urged the group to immediately lay down its weapons.
MONUSCO troops near Kibumba in North Kivu along the Goma - Rutshuru road, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC.
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: UN mission on ‘high alert’ following clashes between Government, armed groups

25 October 2013
The United Nations stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on “high alert” following early morning clashes between Congolese Government forces and M23 rebels in the vast country’s restive eastern region.
People lining up for food distribution in the Lac Vert IDP site near Goma, North Kivu, DRC.
OCHA/Imane Gana Cherif

DR Congo: hit by funding shortfall, UN agency to cut some food relief operations

22 October 2013
Facing a $70 million funding shortfall, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that starting as early as November, the agency and its partners will be forced to scale back activities in strife-torn provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
A wide view of the Security Council as it met to consider the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Security Council: UN envoys urge resumption of talks between DR Congo, rebels

21 October 2013
Back from a visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region, members of the United Nations Security Council heard today from UN envoys who urged progress in regional peace efforts in the wake of an apparent stall in the so-called Kampala talks between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group.
Special Representative Martin Kobler.
MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani

DR Congo: new attack against UN helicopter draws condemnation from senior officials

18 October 2013
United Nations officials have strongly condemned today’s attack by the M23 rebel group against an unarmed helicopter belonging to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the such incident in less than a week.
Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson.
MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

DR Congo: Attack on peacekeeping helicopter 'unacceptable,' says UN envoy

12 October 2013
The United Nations Special Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes region has condemned the armed rebel attack on a UN helicopter in the Rumangabo region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) calling the act “unacceptable.”
Special Representative and head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) Martin Kobler. Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani

DR Congo: Mission chief condemns rebel attack on unarmed UN helicopter

11 October 2013
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today condemned an armed rebel attack on a UN helicopter carrying out a reconnaissance mission in the skies above the vast country’s restive eastern region.