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MONUC

MONUC is a French acronym for Mission de l' Organisation des Nations unies en République démocratique du Congo, in English: Mission of the United Nations (UN) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).It was established February 24, 2000 by Resolution 1291 of the United Nations Security Council to monitor the peace process of the Second Congo War.

The headquarters of this mission are in Kinshasa, DRC. The mission views the DRC as consisting of 6 sectors, each with its own staff headquarters.

From July 1, 2003 to June 20, 2004 the mission had a budget of US$608.23 million. In July 2004 there were 10,531 UN soldiers under MONUC's command.

On October 1, 2004, the U.N. Security Council decided to deploy 5,900 more soldiers to Congo, although U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan had asked for some 12,000. On 25 February 2005, nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed by unidentified gunmen in Ituri province.

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Sector HQs

  • MONUC HQ: Kinshasa
  • Sector 1: Mbandaka
  • Sector 2: Kisangani
  • Sector 3: Kananga
  • Sector 4: Kalemie
  • Sector 5: Kindu
  • Sector 6: Bunia

Staff and forces

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This article began as a translation of the corresponding article in the German-language Wikipedia, plus a information on sector HQs, staff, and forces from the corresponding article in the French-language Wikipedia.

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Last updated: 05-21-2005 14:43:03