UN Debates More Peacekeepers, Distributes Food


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Congo-Kinshasa:   Top UN Envoy Voices Hope for Additional Troops in Volatile East
UN News Service (New York)
19 November 2008

The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today expressed hope that the Security Council will shortly approve a request for 3,000 additional troops to buttress blue ...

Congo-Kinshasa:   UN Ramping Up Aid to Feed 100,000 Displaced in East
UN News Service (New York)
18 November 2008

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is increasing its food distributions in the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a bid to reach almost 100,000 people ...

Congo-Kinshasa:   UN Attack Helicopters Ready to Respond After Rebel Ceasefire Violation
UN News Service (New York)
17 November 2008

United Nations attack helicopters have mounted reconnaissance flights and "are poised to respond to any and all eventualities" in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after rebel forces ...

Congo-Kinshasa:   UN Press Conference on Situation
United Nations (New York)
19 November 2008

Alan Doss, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, outlined efforts to address the crisis in North Kivu Province this afternoon, including ...


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