Efforts to thwart rebels in eastern DR Congo a mixed bag, says Ban Ki-moon | |
UN News - December 8, 2009 | |
Progress in bringing stability to the war-wracked east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is mixed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report, noting the heavy humanitarian toll wrought by a military operation to flush out a notorious ethnic Hutu militia. | |
Ban Ki-moon deplores attack on UN helicopter in DR Congo | |
UN News - November 27, 2009 | |
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the shooting attack on a United Nations helicopter on Thursday in Dongo in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that left three peacekeepers, a civilian pilot and one member of the Congolese national police wounded. | |
Ban Ki-moon welcomes summit between leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda | |
UN News - August 7, 2009 | |
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed yesterday’s summit between the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, the first official bilateral meeting since the neighbouring African nations broke off official ties more than one decade ago. | |
Senior UN peacekeeping official assesses DR Congo's prisons | |
UN News - July 22, 2009 | |
A senior United Nations peacekeeping official continued his tour today of the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he is evaluating the state of the country’s troubled prison system. | |
Eastern DR Congo still faces security, humanitarian challenges - Ban Ki-moon | |
UN News - July 8, 2009 | |
The security and humanitarian situation in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to crumble, despite the recent signing of a peace pact between the Government and a key militia, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in a new report. | |
UN chief demands justice in name of child soldiers and victims of sexual abuse | |
Xinhua - April 30, 2009 | |
The recruitment and sexual exploitation of children by armed groups in conflict zones is a threat to international peace and security, and violators must be brought to justice, UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon told an open Security Council debate here on Wednesday. | |
Ban calls for greater efforts to protect children in armed conflict in latest report | |
UN News - April 22, 2009 | |
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Security Council and judicial systems to step up action in the fight to end abuse of children in conflict zones around the world. In his latest report on the issue, the Secretary-General encourages national and international justice systems to take strong action ending impunity for crimes against children committed within their jurisdictions. | |
Security Council tells UN Mission in DR Congo to step up protection of civilians | |
UN News - December 22, 2008 | |
The Security Council today told United Nations peacekeepers in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prioritize the protection of civilians, including humanitarian personnel, as the number of attacks on aid workers, some of them deadly, passed 100 since the start of 2008. | |
Angola Volunteers Troops for UN Mission in Congo | |
VOA News - November 12, 2008 | |
Angola Foreign Minister Georges Chicoty announced on Angolan national radio that his country would send troops to eastern Congo, where government soldiers and a rebel group led by Laurent Nkunda remain in a standoff outside the town of Goma, near the Rwandan border. | |
UN probes India 'abuses' in Congo | |
BBC News - August 13, 2008 | |
The UN has found that its peacekeeping troops from India may have engaged in abuse and exploitation while serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was deeply troubled by the findings. |