News | UNDP
| Radioactive Material Dumped Into Congolese River | |
VOA News - November 9, 2007 | |
Authorities in Congo have arrested six people in connection with the dumping of radioactive waste in a river in the country's southeast. | |
| UNDP: the DDR phase III in Ituri proved to be one of the most credible disarmament operations in DRC | |
MONUC - November 9, 2007 | |
 | The peace-building process in Ituri is on the right track. Following the disarmament and demobilization of ex-combatants, the process is now entering its final phase - the reintegration of ex-combatants. Gustavo Gonzalez, coordinator of the operation for UNDP, assesses the activities and their outcomes. |
| Ituri: DDR phase III process officially ends | |
MONUC - October 16, 2007 | |
 | The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) phase III pilot project which began in Ituri district on 4 August 2007, officially ended on Monday 15 October 2007 in Bunia. The DRC Minister for Social Affairs who chaired the ceremony gave an additional 72 hours deadline extension for combatants still in the bush to disarm, and launched the community reconstruction project for Ituri. |
| UNDP launches new electoral support project for the DRC | |
MONUC - October 5, 2007 | |
 | The new United Nations Development Programme's PACE project, which will support and assist the DRC electoral cycle from 2007 to 2011, was launched in Kinshasa on 4 October 2007. Initially the US$151 million project aims to assist and support the organisation and holding of the DRC local elections, envisaged for 2008. |
| DR Congo discovers mass graves in area formerly under renegade general | |
Xinhua - September 14, 2007 | |
 | Three mass graves have been discovered in an area where fighters loyal to Laurent Nkunda, a renegade general in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have been engaged in fighting with government forces and rebel groups. |
| Ituri demobilisation wins UNDP support | |
IRIN - June 5, 2007 | |
 | The demobilisation of former members of various armed groups in Ituri district in the northwest Democratic Republic of Congo is being supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) after a deal with the government. |
| Training workshop for DRC National Assembly deputies | |
MONUC - May 22, 2007 | |
 | A four day training workshop is underway for DRC National Assembly deputies from May 21 to May 25 2007, at the Palais de Peuple in Kinshasa. The project, which is organized by the UNDP in conjunction with national and international partners, aims to further parliamentary knowledge of deputies in order to enhance the operational capacity of the National Assembly. |
| UN Deputy SG: 'President Kabila wishes to see the cooperation grow between the DRC and the UN' | |
MONUC - April 23, 2007 | |
 | UN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha Rose Migiro met with DRC President Joseph Kabila and Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga in Kinshasa this Monday 23 April 2007, as well as National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe, as part of her three day visit to the country. |
| UN and aid agencies appeal for $19 million to combat landmines | |
UN News Centre - December 15, 2006 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations officials and aid agencies have renewed an appeal for the remaining $19 million needed to help fund next year's effort to rid the country of deadly landmines left over from the bloody six-year civil war, which kill innocent people and prevent whole areas of land from being developed. |
| 1,300 international observers for polls | |
IRIN - July 28, 2006 | |
At least 1,300 international observers will be deployed all over the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during Sunday's elections, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). | |
