On 30 and 31 December 2004, a MONUC multidisciplinary team conducted investigations into Human rights abuses perpetrated on 17-22 December 2004 in Buramba, a locality situated in the Rutshuru district.
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Within the framework of MONUC's mandate confided in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution 1565, and following consultations with the FARDC chief of the armed forces, the Kivu brigade has decided to temporarily establish a buffer zone in the Kanyabayonga sector, as of Tuesday 21 December.
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MONUC hails the DRC Government's decision to dispatch an investigation and conciliation mission to Eastern DRC at this critical stage of the transitional process that risks being undermined by the renewed fights in Kanyabayonga. Comprised of high-ranking officials, the delegation, which flew on board four MONUC aircraft, arrived in Goma on Friday 17 December.
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MONUC appeals for calm and a ceasefire in North Kivu
Following very alarming reports from North Kivu of fights between different ex-military components of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) in the locality of Kanyabayonga, MONUC strongly appeals to the factions engaged in these fights for calm and an immediate cessation of hostilities.
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The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 1565
Extending the deployment of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 31 March 2005, the Security Council today authorized an additional 5,900 personnel for the Mission and defined wide-ranging terms for its expanded capacity, giving it the authority to use ?all necessary means? to carry out its tasks.
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MONUC Bunia ' 24 September 2004 - MONUC Office facilitated a judicial operation on Thursday 23 September, in Medu district, a village situated about thirty kilometres south west of Bunia, administrative town of the Ituri district. The operation was organised by the State Prosecutor to the High Court of Bunia, following the Lengabo massacre on Monday 21 September. The Lengabo survivors have indeed holds FRPI troops from Medu responsible for the massacre.
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MONUC civilian and military staff paid final respect to Corporal Mfum Darko, a Ghanaian peacekeeper on Tuesday 29 June 2004. He died of liver infection.
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Security council warns all parties against any attempt to seize power by force in democratic republic of congo
SECURITY COUNCIL WARNS ALL PARTIES AGAINST ANY ATTEMPT TO SEIZE POWER
BY FORCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Presidential Statement Underlines
That Any Attempt to Disrupt Peace Would Not Be Tolerated
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MONUC civilian and military staff paid their final respects to five military colleagues on Thursday 18 June 2004: Ghanaian captain Fidelis Yaw Atidigah; two South African soldiers, Martin Mokgatlhe and David Reitumetse Matlakele; a Nepalese Warrant officer, K.C Ram; and a Kenyan UN volunteer, Stephen Kariuku Ikubu.
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Day of the African Child; The peace process must succeed in order to guarantee a future for children in the DRC
On the occasion of the Day of the African Child, celebrated this Wednesday 16 June 2004, MONUC is appealing to the transitional government as well as all sectors of Congolese society to reflect on the need to keep the peace process on track. It is a reminder to all parties of their responsibility to ensure that the interests, the rights and the needs of the child are included in the peace process as a matter of priority. They should be an integral part of policies and strategies at all levels: at the level of government, local communities, families and of course with the support of the International Community.
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