DR Congo : United Nations Peace Boss In Kinshasa

United Nations Deputy Secretary in charge of peace keeping operations, Jean Pierre Lacroix is in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a five-day official visit. The peace boss who arrived Kinshasa on Sunday, December 13, 2020 is expected to take stock of MONUSCO activities, hold two-day talks with top ranking officials of the peace keeping mission before heading to the east of the country, the north of Kivu and then Ituri. 
The visit which has been postponed several times due to the prevailing sanitary problems (COVID-19), is also expected to witness the renewal of UN mission in the country, a meeting with all NGOs working in the area, members of civil society and displaced persons. Since July 2010, the UN has deployed 17, 424 personnel to DR Congo with the aim of maintaining peace and security.
Among these personnel are; 2,970 civilians, 169 experts on mission, 1,210 police, 277 staff officer, 12,509 troops and 339 UN volunteers. The mission has been authorized to use all necessary means to carry out its mandate relating, among other things, to the protection of civilians, humanitarian personnel and human rights defenders under imminent threat of physical violence and to support the Government of the DRC in i...