News | MONUC
| The High Authority of the Media suspends three Kinshasa TV stations | |
Monuc - August 17, 2006 | |
 | The HAM decided on Wednesday July 16 2006 to suspend three Kinshasa television stations for 24 hours, for non respect of the laws governing the freedom of the press. |
| MONUC repeats its appeal for calm before the results are announced on August 20 | |
Monuc - August 16, 2006 | |
 | At the weekly MONUC press conference on Wednesday August 16 2006, MONUC repeated its appeal for calm before the DRC election results are announced on August 20. This appeal was made amid growing speculation regarding the results and the outcome of the presidential and legislative elections. |
| International Committee of the Wise: It is time to start thinking about real reconciliation | |
Monuc - August 14, 2006 | |
 | The International Committee of the Wise act as advisors and mediators in the DRC electoral process. We spoke to the Committee president and former Prime Minister of Mozambique, Joaquin Chissano, who gave his impressions on the process so far. |
| W. Swing: It is necessary to be patient. This is not asking too much after 15 years of transition | |
Monuc - August 10, 2006 | |
 | In an interview granted to French television and published by the daily newspaper "Le Révélateur" in Kinshasa, this Tuesday, July 8, 2006, the head of MONUC, William Swing, clarifies the electoral process and asks the Congolese to be patient while waiting for the official results of the elections. |
| W. Swing: It is in the interests of everyone to stay calm as they await the election results | |
Monuc - August 3, 2006 | |
 | William Swing, the Special Representative of the Secretary General in the DRC, explained at this critical political juncture in the DRC elections that it is important for everyone to remain calm and patient as the results are tabulated. |
| MONUC welcomes the successful holding of elections in DR Congo | |
Monuc - August 2, 2006 | |
 | The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) hails the holding in peace of the first free and democratic elections in DR Congo. |
| Vote starts with good turnout | |
IRIN - July 30, 2006 | |
 | In the first democratic elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in more than 40 years, people started lining up early in the morning in many voting stations in Kinshasa and the east. |
| Elections all ready, says UN | |
IRIN - July 29, 2006 | |
 | The first round of the biggest elections the United Nations has ever supported are on track for Sunday, a United Nations (UN) military spokesman announced in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |
| Finding an end to violence | |
IRIN - July 28, 2006 | |
 | A significant number of combatants from the various conflicts in Congo since 1996 have still not disarmed and many continue to destabilise the country, despite the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement in 2002. |
| Violence rising as elections near | |
IRIN - July 28, 2006 | |
 | Columns of smoke rose over Kinshasa on Thursday as political violence claimed the lives of three policemen and at least three civilians ahead of Sunday's elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |
