UN Documents for Democratic Republic of the Congo

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
26 June 2019 S/RES/2478 The Council renewed the 1533 sanctions regime until 1 July 2020.
29 March 2019 S/RES/2463 The MONUSCO mandate was renewed through this resolution until 20 December 2019. By that point, a strategic review will have taken place to determine the future of MONUSCO.
30 October 2018 S/RES/2439 The Council adopted unanimously a resolution on Ebola in the DRC.
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
8 March 2019 S/2019/218 This Secretary-General's report covered the period from 4 January to 8 March 2019.
4 January 2019 S/2019/6 This was the Secretary-General's report on MONUSCO.
2 October 2018 S/2018/886 This was the Secretary-General's report on the implementation of the commitments made under the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region.
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents View All
18 December 2018 S/2018/1133 This was the midterm report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
17 December 2018 S/2018/1135 This was the report of the 1533 DRC Sanctions Committee.
12 September 2018 SC/13500 This was a press release on the 31 August meeting of the Sanctions Committee with the Group of Experts.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
20 December 2018 S/2018/1144 This was from the DRC government explaining the one-week election postponement.
29 October 2018 S/2018/977 This letter transmitted the 30-day update, covering the period from 29 September to 26 October, on political and technical progress towards the holding of elections on 23 December 2018.
3 October 2018 S/2018/890 This letter transmitted the terms of reference for the 5-7 October Security Council mission to the DRC.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
9 October 2019 S/PV.8638 Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of MONUSCO, briefed the Council.
24 July 2019 S/PV.8584 Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of MONUSCO, briefed the Council.
29 March 2019 S/PV.8498 This was the adoption of resolution 2463, with explanations of votes by some countries.
Selected Security Council Press Statements View All
14 October 2019 SC/13985 Council members welcomed the inauguration of the new coalition Government. Council members also express concern about the situation in eastern DRC and condemnation of all armed groups. Council members recalled the importance of the DRC and its neighbours to work together to tackle insecurity in eastern DRC with more integrated approaches and welcomed recent steps toward this by the parties involved. Finally, Council members reiterated concern about the ongoing humanitarian situation, including the Ebola crisis.
1 August 2019 SC/13907 Council members welcomed President Félix Tshisekedi’s efforts towards reconciliation, steps he has taken to open political space, and his initiatives to promote regional cooperation.
15 January 2019 SC/13663 This press statement noted the announcement by CENI of provisional results of the presidential and provincial elections, welcomed the subsequent peaceful and stable situation, and encouraged any disputes to be dealt with along legal channels.
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.