MONUC
United Nations Organization Mission in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo

United Nations Documents on MONUC

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Resolutions of the Security Council

2010

• The Security Council extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 June 2010 and also decided that from 1 July it would bear the title “United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)”, in view of the new phase reached in the country of 28 May 2010

2009

• The Security Council extended the mandate of the MONUC until 31 May 2010 and requested the Secretary-General to conduct a strategic review of the situation in the DRC and of MONUC’s progress toward achieving its mandate of 23 December 2009
• The Security Council extended arms embargo and related sanctions regime until 30 November 2010, and extended the mandate of the Group of Experts dealing with the DRC for the same period of 30 November 2009

2008

• The Security Council, condemning the continuing illicit traffic of weapons in the DRC, decided to extend the arms embargo there and its related sanctions regime, with some modifications, until 30 November 2009 of 22 December 2008
• The Security Council extended MONUC until 31 December 2009 of 22 December 2008
• The Security Council authorized a temporary increase of MONUC’s authorized military strength and the strength of its formed police unit by up to 300 personnel of 20 November 2008
• The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo [S/RES/1807(2008)] of 31 March 2008
• The Security Council demanded that armed groups and militias in the eastern part of the DRC immediately lay down their arms and turn themselves into Congolese and MONUC authorities for disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration of 13 March 2008
• The Security Council authorized MONUC to assist the Congolese authorities in organizing, preparing and conducting local elections of 30 January 2008

2007

• The Security Council decided to extend the mandate and capacity of MONUC for one year, until 31 December 2008 of 21 December 2007
• The Security Council decided to renew the arms embargo until 15 February 2008 of 10 August 2007
• The Security Council decided to extend the arms embargo for another 10 days of 31 July 2007
• The Security Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 31 December 2007 of 15 May 2007
• The Security Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 May 2007 of 13 April 2007
• The Security Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 April 2007 of 15 February 2007

2006

• The Security Council authorized, from 1 January 2007, until the expiry of MONUC’s than current mandate on 15 February 2007, an increase in the military strength of MONUC of up to 916 military personnel, to allow for the continued deployment to MONUC of the infantry battalion and the military hospital authorized under the ONUB mandate of 22 December 2006
• The Security Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 February 2007; extended until the same date the increase in the military and civilian police strength authorized to assist in the electoral process and, until 31 December 2006, an authorization to redeploy a maximum of one infantry battalion, a military hospital and 50 military observers from ONUB to MONUC, underlining the temporary character of those arrangements of 29 September 2006
• The Security Council decided to renew the existing sanctions regime in the DRC for a further year, in light of the failure by the parties to comply with its demands of 31 July 2006
• The Security Council decided to extend until 30 September 2006 the strength authorization contained in resolution 1669 of 30 June 2006
• The Security Council decided to extend the increase authorized by resolutions 1621 and 1635 until 30 September 2006 of 30 June 2006
• The Security Council authorized, for a period ending four months after the date of the first round of upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, the temporary deployment of a European Union reserve force ("Eufor R.D.Congo") to support MONUC in the DRC of 25 April 2006
• The Security Council decided to authorize the Secretary-General to redeploy temporarily a maximum of one infantry battalion, a military hospital and up to 50 military observers from ONUB (UN Operation in Burundi) to MONUC, until 1 July 2006 of 10 April 2006
• The Security Council, among other things, requested the Secretary-General to re-establish the Group of Experts, for a period expiring on 31 July 2006, to continue fulfilling its mandate as defined in resolutions 1533, 1596 and 1649 of 31 January 2006

2005

• The Security Council, among other things, demanded that foreign fighters in DRC disarm by 15 January or face sanctions of 21 December 2005
• The Security Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 September 2006 and authorized an increase of 300 personnel in its military strength. The Council underlined the temporary character of this increase and requested the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps with a view to downsizing or repatriating this additional strength from 1 July 2006 at the latest of 28 October 2005
• The Security Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 31 October 2005 of 30 September 2005
• The Security Council, among other things, authorized an increase of 841 personnel in the strength of the Mission, including additional police personnel, and up to five formed police units of 125 officers each.  Underlining the temporary character of such deployment, it requested the Secretary-General to start downsizing or repatriating the additional personnel from 1 July 2006 at the latest of 6 September 2005
• The Security Council, among other things, reiterated its serious concern regarding the presence of armed groups and militias in the eastern DRC, condemned the continued illicit flow of weapons within and into that country and decided to maintain the existing sanctions regime in the DRC for another year in light of the parties’ failure to comply with its demands of 29 July 2005
• Reissued for technical reasons on 3 May 2005 of 18 April 2005
• The Security Council, among other things, condemned the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and into the DRC and decided that the arms embargo imposed by resolution 1493 of July 2003 would apply to any recipient within that country’s territory, and imposed a travel ban and assets freeze on those violating the embargo of 18 April 2005
• The Security Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 1 October 2005, reaffirmed its concern regarding acts of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN personnel against the local population and urged troop-contributing countries to take appropriate action to prevent such acts by their personnel in MONUC of 30 March 2005

2004

• The Security Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 31 March 2005 and authorized the increase of MONUC’s strength by 5,900 personnel of 1 October 2004
• The Security Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 1 October 2004 of 29 July 2004
• The Security Council, among other things, decided to renew its arms embargo against irregular forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 31 July of 2005 "in light of the failure by the parties to comply" with previous demands and called for the re-establishment of an expert group to analyze any further violations of 27 July 2004
• The Security Council, among other things, decided to establish a committee to monitor compliance with the arms embargo imposed last July against all armed groups operating in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of 12 March 2004
• The Security Council, among other things, welcomed the efforts currently undertaken to set up the first integrated and unified brigade in Kisangani of 15 January 2004

2003

• The Security Council, among other things, authorized the States members of the Interim Emergency Multinational Force to provide assistance to the MONUC contingent deployed in Bunia and its immediate surroundings, if MONUC requests them to do so and if exceptional circumstances demand it of 26 August 2003
• The Security Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 July 2004, increased the military strength to 10,800 and authorized MONUC to use all necessary means to fulfil its mandate in Ituri and North and South Kivu of 28 July 2003
• The Security Council, extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 July 2003 of 26 June 2003
• The Security Council, among other things, authorized the deployment until 1 September 2003 of an Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia in close coordination with MONUC of 30 May 2003
• The Security Council, among other things, welcomed the agreement on transitional arrangements, requested the Secretary-General to increase the number of personnel in MONUC’s human rights component and expressed its support to the broad orientations set out by the Secretary-General in his last report on the role of MONUC in support of the peace process of 20 March 2003
• The Security Council, among other things, requested the Secretary-General to give a new mandate of six months to the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of 24 January 2003

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2002

• The Security Council, among other things, endorsed the recommendations of the Secretary-General in his special report, endorsed the new concept of operations outlined in the report and authorized the expansion of MONUC to consist of up to 8,700 personnel of 4 December 2002
• The Security Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 June 2003; took note of the recommendation by the Secretary-General for a troop ceiling increase and expressed its intention to consider authorizing it as soon as further progress had been achieved and the steps referred to in paragraph 12 of resolution 1376 (2001) had been taken of 14 June 2002
• The Security Council, among other things, condemned the resumption of fighting in the Moliro pocket and reminded RCD-Goma and all other parties that they must comply with their obligations with regard to the Ceasefire Agreement, the disengagement plan and relevant resolutions of the Security Council (para. 31) of 19 March 2002

2001

• The Security Council, among other things, affirmed that the implementation of phase III of the deployment of MONUC required a number of steps from the parties and requested the Secretary-General to report on progress thereon of 9 November 2001
• The Security Council, among other things, noted that the ceasefire among the parties to the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement had been respected, and reiterated its call on all parties to Agreement to implement this agreement (para. 1); decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 June 2002 (para. 29); and approved the updated concept of operations put forward by the Secretary-General in paragraphs 84 to 104 of his report of 8 June 2001 (para. 31) of 15 June 2001
• The Security Council, among other things, demanded that the parties begin disengaging and that the signatories to the Lusaka Agreement adopt plans for the complete withdrawal of all foreign troops, and endorsed proposals put forward by the Secretary-General in his report of 12 February of 22 February 2001

2000

• The Security Council extended the mandate of MONUC until 15 June 2001 of 14 December
• The Security Council extended the mandate of MONUC until 15 December 2000 of 13 October 2000
• The Security Council, among other things, decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 October 2000 to allow time for further diplomatic activities and for Council reflection on the future mandate of MONUC of 23 August 2000
• The Security Council, among other things, called on all parties to cease hostilities throughout the territory of 16 June 2000
• The Security Council authorized the expansion of MONUC of 24 February 2000

1999

• The Security Council decided that personnel authorized under its previous resolutions would constitute the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of 30 November 1999
• The Security Council extended the mandate of the UN liaison personnel of 5 November 1999
• The Security Council welcomed the Ceasefire Agreement and authorized the deployment of UN liaison personnel of 6 August 1999
• The Security Council called for the immediate signing of a ceasefire agreement of 9 April 1999

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