UN Documents for Democratic Republic of the Congo

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
25 June 2020 S/RES/2528 Council members adopted a resolution, which renewed the DRC sanctions regime until 1 July 2021 and the mandate for the Group of Experts until 1 August 2021.
19 December 2019 S/RES/2502 The Council extended MONUSCO's mandate until 20 December 2020.
26 June 2019 S/RES/2478 The Council renewed the 1533 sanctions regime until 1 July 2020.
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
19 October 2020 S/2020/1030 This was the seventh report from the Secretary-General focusing on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It covers the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 March 2020.
21 September 2020 S/2020/919 Detailing developments in the DRC from 17 June to 18 September 2020, this report also provided information on adjustments to MONUSCO's footprint ahead of a potential, responsible drawdown.
18 June 2020 S/2020/554 The report covers major developments in the DRC from 17 March 2020 to 16 June 2020, including the impact of COVID-19.
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
27 October 2020 S/2020/1041 In this letter, the Secretary-General shared the “Joint Strategy on the Progressive and Phased Drawdown of MONUSCO”.
13 October 2020 S/2020/987 A letter from the President of the Council that contains some of the statements from the 6 October VTC on MONUSCO, including the briefing by MONUSCO's SRSG.
20 July 2020 S/2020/726 A letter from the Secretary-General appointing six people to the Group of Experts until 1 August 2021.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
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.
24 July 2019 S/PV.8584 Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of MONUSCO, briefed the Council.
Selected Security Council Press Statements View All
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.
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.
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.