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A member of the Indian Force Police Unit of the MONUC is deployed on a security detail at the airport for the visiting Security Council delegation.
18 May 2009
© MONUC Photo/Marie Frechon
MONUC peacekeeper standing in fron of a UN plane.

Mission facts

  • Location:
    DRC and the subregion
  • Headquarters:
    Kinshasa (DRC)
  • Liaison offices:
    Pretoria (South Africa) and Kigali (Rwanda)
  • Logistics base:
    Entebbe (Uganda)
  • Duration:
    30 Nov 1999 - 30 June 2010
As of 1 July 2010, MONUC was renamed the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)

Helping bring peace and stability in the DRC

Following the signing of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement in July 1999 between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and five regional States in July 1999, the Security Council established the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) by its resolution 1279 PDF Document of 30 November 1999, initially to plan for the observation of the ceasefire and disengagement of forces and maintain liaison with all parties to the Ceasefire Agreement. Later in a series of resolutions, the Council expanded the mandate of MONUC to the supervision of the implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement and assigned multiple related additional tasks.

In accordance with Security Council resolution 1925 PDF Document of 28 May 2010, MONUC was renamed as of 1 July the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to reflect the new phase reached in the country.