UN Documents for Democratic Republic of the Congo

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
29 June 2021 S/RES/2582 This resolution, adopted unanimously, renewed the 1533 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime.
18 December 2020 S/RES/2556 This extended the mandate of MONUSCO until 20 December 2021. Fourteen members voted in favour of the resolution, whereas the Russian Federation abstained. 
25 June 2020 S/RES/2528 This resolution renewed the DRC sanctions regime until 1 July 2021 and the mandate for the Group of Experts until 1 August 2021.
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements View All
2 August 2019 S/PRST/2019/6 Adopted under the agenda item "peace and security in Africa", this PRST referred to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and the need to have international cooperation to address it.
7 November 2017 S/PRST/2017/23 This was a presidential statement that reiterated the need for the government of the DRC to fully investigate the killing of the two members of the Sanctions Committee Group of Experts and bring the perpetrators to justice.
26 July 2017 S/PRST/2017/12 This was on the political, security and human rights situation in the DRC.
Selected Secretary-General's Reports View All
18 June 2021 S/2021/587 This report covered developments in the DRC from 19 March to 18 June, including progress towards the implementation of MONUSCO’s mandate and political developments, such as the formation of a new government and the adoption of its work programme.
18 May 2021 S/2021/274 This report covered the formation of a new government coalition and progress regarding the gradual handover of security responsibilities to the DRC government in Kasai and Tanganyika.
26 February 2021 S/2020/1150 This was the Secretary-General on MONUSCO.
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents View All
2 June 2020 S/2020/482 This was the final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
20 December 2019 S/2019/974 This was the midterm report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
7 June 2019 S/2019/469 This was the final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
10 June 2021 S/2021/560 This letter contained the report submitted by the Group of Experts to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic
26 February 2021 S/2020/1265 This letter contained a voting record for resolution 2556.
9 November 2020 S/2020/1297 This was the summary of the IEG's 9 November 2020 meeting on the DRC.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
26 February 2021 S/2020/1265 This letter contained a voting record for resolution 2556.
19 December 2019 S/PV.8692 At this meeting, Council members voted unanimously to renew MONUSCO's mandate for one year.
9 October 2019 S/PV.8638 Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of MONUSCO, briefed the Council.
Selected Security Council Press Statements View All
10 May 2021 SC/14516 In this press statement Security Council members condemned an attack on MONUSCO that occurred on 10 May near Beni, which resulted in the death of one Malawian peacekeeper.
31 March 2021 SC/14483 In this press statement, members of the Council expressed concern at the continuing intercommunal violence and at the increase of armed group activity in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as concern with the current humanitarian situation, marked by a significant increase in the number of people in need of protection and humanitarian assistance.
23 June 2020 SC/14222 In this press statement Council members condemned an attack on MONUSCO that occurred on 22 June near Beni, which resulted in the death of one Indonesian peacekeeper and injured another.
Selected General Assembly Documents View All
22 June 2005 A/RES/59/285 B This resolution was about financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
20 September 1960 A/RES/1480 (XV) This resolution admitted the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a member of the UN.
Selected Human Rights Council Documents View All
14 August 2019 A/HRC/42/32 This was the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation and the activities of the UN Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
29 September 2017 A/HRC/RES/36/30 This was a HRC resolution on technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the DRC.
27 July 2015 A/HRC/30/32 This was the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation in the DRC covering period from June 2014 to May 2015.
Selected Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict Documents View All
7 August 2018 S/AC.51/2018/2 This was the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict's sixth conclusion on the DRC.
Selected Other Documents View All
15 November 2018 S/2018/1030 This was the report on the Security Council mission to the DRC from 5 to 7 October 2018.
27 September 2012 SG/2188 This was the summary of the high-level event on the DRC.
1 July 2011 Final Report of the Fact-Finding Missions of the UNJHRO This was the Final Report of the Fact-Finding Missions of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office into the Mass Rapes and Other Human Rights Violations Committed by a Coalition of Armed Groups Along the Kibua-Mpofi Axis in Walikale Territory, Noth Kivu, From 30 July to 2 August 2010.