UN Documents for Democratic Republic of the Congo

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
19 December 2019 S/RES/2502 The Council extended MONUSCO mandate until 20 December 2020.
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.
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
26 November 2019 S/2019/905 This report, whose release was accelerated, covered the period of 28 September to 25 November 2019.
17 July 2019 S/2019/575 This report covers major developments in the DRC from 8 March to 28 June 2019.
8 March 2019 S/2019/218 This Secretary-General's report covered the period from 4 January to 8 March 2019.
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents View All
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.
18 December 2018 S/2018/1133 This was the midterm report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
23 December 2019 S/2019/954 This letter transmitted the official position of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo regarding the situation in the country and the renewal of the mandate of MONUSCO.
12 November 2019 S/2019/870 This was a letter from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo addressed to the President of the Security Council concerning the recent independent strategic review of MONUSCO.
24 October 2019 S/2019/842 This letter transmitted the independent strategic review of MONUSCO.
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.