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| EU: There are many actions ongoing to convince the FDLR to return | |
MONUC - April 11, 2008 | |
 | In an interview with Radio Okapi on Friday 11 April 2008, European Union (EU) Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region Roeland van de Geer said that the EU was committed to assisting the peace process in eastern DRC, and in particular to resolving the problem of the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) armed group that are still active in eastern DRC. |
| Human Rights: Castañon calls for sustainability in the DRC | |
MONUC - April 10, 2008 | |
 | Fernando Castañon, Director of MONUC's Human Rights Division and Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the DRC, reached the end of his mission on 8 April 2008. As division head since February 2005 and a UN staff member since 1989, he talked to us about his work at MONUC and his past experience with the UN. |
| Kinshasa: DRC public health workshop to pave way for the future | |
MONUC - April 9, 2008 | |
 | In Kinshasa from 7-12 April 2008, the DRC Ministry of Health will review the annual DRC public health report of 2007, in conjunction with its international partners. During the five day workshop, the state of the DRC public health system will be addressed, challenges will be identified, recommendations will be made and the 2009 health budget will be planned. |
| Kinshasa: Female journalists plot their way forward | |
MONUC - April 9, 2008 | |
 | A morning of discussion under the theme "the independence of women in the media, their assets, limits and way forward" was organised by the Association of Women Journalists (AJPF) in Kinshasa on 8 April 2008. The meeting was attended by AJPF members and a representative from MONUC's Gender Office. |
| Activists Fear Cover-Up in DRC Bas-Congo Violence | |
VOA News - April 8, 2008 | |
 | Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo fear a cover-up is taking place in the aftermath of violence in the western Bas-Congo region earlier this year. Clashes opposed police and a now banned political religious movement. |
| Mine Awareness Day, North Kivu's harmless-looking, but deadly killers | |
UNHCR - April 4, 2008 | |
 | World attention will focus today on the scourge of landmines, but for tens of thousands of displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the deadly weapons are a daily concern. |
| Five year UN agency action plan for the DRC launched | |
MONUC - April 3, 2008 | |
 | In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kinshasa on 3 April 2008, the DRC government and the UN agencies of UNICEF, UNDP and UNFPA signed a new five year programme action plan for the country, for the years 2008 to 2012. |
| SA to strengthen ties with DRC, funds needed | |
SABC News - April 3, 2008 | |
 | A serious lack of funding is hampering the implementation of several agreements between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. High-level government officials from the two countries are now hammering out strategies to find adequate resources. They are expected to present their reports to Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Joseph Kabila during the final day of the South Africa - DRC Binational Commission, underway in Pretoria. |
| US Lawmakers Consider Proposals to Curb Rape as Weapon of War | |
VOA News - April 1, 2008 | |
 | A U.S. Senate hearing focused on the use of rape as a weapon in armed conflicts, and what the United States can do to try to crackdown on the practice. |
| Security Council extends arms embargo and monitoring group | |
UN News - March 31, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations Security Council today extended until the end of the year its arms embargo and other sanctions meant to keep weapons out of the hands of militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which it said continue to threaten stability in the eastern part of the vast country. |
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