Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Council members appear ready to adopt a presidential statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tomorrow morning (14 November). The presidential statement comes in the wake of significant developments on the ground, notably the recent...

  • Tomorrow (6 November), Council members are scheduled to hold consultations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The meeting, which was requested by France, is likely to include briefings via video-teleconference by the Special Representative of...

  • Council members will meet in consultations at the request of France this afternoon (28 October) to discuss the on-going violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The head of the UN Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Special...

  • On Monday (21 October), the Security Council will be briefed by the lead countries of the various legs of the recent Security Council visiting mission to Africa from 4-8 October. Morocco will brief on the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

  • October 2013

    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Monthly Forecast

    In October, the Security Council will be briefed by Special Representative Martin Kobler and by the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Mary Robinson, on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the Region (PSC Framework).

  • Tomorrow morning (12 September), Council members will be briefed in consultations on recent developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region, Mary Robinson, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative...

  • Today (22 August) Council members received two briefings from Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Edmond Mulet on ongoing clashes between the 23 March Movement (M23) and the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) in Pinga, North Kivu in...

  • Tomorrow (25 July), the Council will hold a high-level debate on the Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with US Secretary of State John Kerry presiding. Several other Council members are expected to attend at...

  • July 2013

    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Monthly Forecast

    In July, the Security Council will hold a high-level debate on the DRC and the Great Lakes. US Secretary of State John Kerry is likely to preside and other ministers may attend. A presidential statement is a possible outcome. The 1533 DRC Sanctions Committee will receive a briefing from the Group of Experts (GoE) assisting the Committee on their interim report. The chair of the Committee, Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev (Azerbaijan), will then brief Council members in consultations on the interim report. 

  • 28 May 2013

    Briefings on UNOCA and the DRC

    What's in Blue

    Briefing on UNOCA Report Tomorrow morning (29 May), the Security Council will be briefed by Abou Moussa, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) on the Secretary-General’s report on UNOCA...

  • May 2013

    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Monthly Forecast

    In May, the Security Council may be briefed in consultations by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Mary Robinson, following her first trip to the region.

  • Tomorrow afternoon the Council is set to adopt a resolution establishing a new mandate for the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) until 31 March 2014. The draft resolution was put in blue this...

  • Tomorrow afternoon (5 March), the Council will receive a briefing by the Secretary-General and then hold consultations on his 27 February Special Report (S/2013/119) on possible options and their implications for reinforcing the capability of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission...

  • Tomorrow (22 February), the Security Council is set to be briefed by Roger Meece, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), on the Secretary-General’s latest periodical report on MONUSCO of 15...

  • 4 February 2013

    Consultations on the DRC

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow (5 February), the Security Council will be briefed in consultations by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Hervé Ladsous and the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Susana Malcorra. The meeting was scheduled after the two returned from their visit to the Great Lakes...