By Daniel Levine-Spound and Josh Jorgensen In December 2022, the UN Security Council renewed the mandate of MONUSCO, the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), for another year. The Council also adopted another resolution lifting the notification requirement for arms, which previously required that arms suppliers notify the Council…
By Daniel Levine-Spound and Samuli Harju On December 18, 2020, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 2556 and renewed the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The new mandate was negotiated in the context of increasingly significant political tensions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alongside…
For an English transcript of the French remarks made by Ms. Desanges Kabuo in the video above please click here. To mark the twentieth anniversary of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, the United Nations Department of Peace Operations, and…
Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) conducts research and advocacy on the protection of civilians through UN peacekeeping operations. Although CIVIC has long included gender as a cross-cutting issue in our work, over the last year, we have increased our focus on how UN peacekeeping missions are integrating gender in their efforts to protect civilians.…
October 31, 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. This resolution was the first of its kind to acknowledge that women are uniquely impacted by armed conflict and play an important role in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. In recognition of the anniversary, CIVIC is posting…
October 31, 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. This resolution was the first of its kind to acknowledge that women are uniquely impacted by armed conflict and play an important role in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. In recognition of the anniversary, CIVIC is posting…
On December 19, 2019, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2502, outlining a new mandate for the peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo—known by its French acronym MONUSCO. Changes to a peacekeeping mission’s mandate instruct peacekeepers on what shifts to make in their policies, activities, and operations on the ground. So, what…
On November 25, 2019, angry protesters in the town of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) burned down the town hall and attacked the cars and offices of United Nations (UN) peacekeepers, destroying large sections of one of the bases of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC, known as MONUSCO.…
CIVIC released a new policy brief today on peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Analysis in the brief can contribute to conversations around the future of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) and how to plan for an eventual exit of the Mission that does not endanger the lives…