Abidjan :: Ivory Coast
| 5 months ago
Ripert added after visiting a camp for displaced people near Goma, that the Democratic Republic of Congo must also work with its neighbors, notably Rwanda, to bring peace to the troubled region. The council's departure from Goma was delayed after a security...
Tags: ivory, UN Security Council, UN council, dr congo, Ivory Coast, Rwandan, Jean-Maurice Ripert, Congo, Goma, U.N. Security Council, democratic republic, council ambassadors, civilian rule
Karāchi :: Pakistan
| 6 months ago
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) published confidential UN documents on Friday, showing serious allegations of gold smuggling and arms trading by Pakistani and Indian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo...Ban rejected the allegations...
Tags: peacekeepers, congo, arms, gold, probe, UN Congo, ivory, DR Congo, democratic republic
New York :: NY :: USA
| 7 months ago
These reports were at the center of a BBC report which claimed that the UN covered up that its troops in DR of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory. The allegations were based on confidential UN sources, involve Pakistani and Indian...
Tags: UN, Report, peacekeepers, gold, gun, ivory
Mbanza-Ngungu :: Congo (Dem. Rep.)
| 7 months ago
Allegations continue that the UN has covered up claims that its troops in Democratic Republic of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory. Based on confidential UN sources, it involve Pakistani and Indian troops working as peace keepers....
Tags: UN, DR Congo, peacekeepers, gold, arms, ivory
Karāchi :: Pakistan
| 7 months ago
The allegations, based on confidential UN sources, involve Pakistani and Indian troops working as peacekeepers. The UN investigated some of the claims in 2007, but said it could not substantiate claims of arms dealing. UN insiders told the BBC's Panorama...
Tags: peacekeepers, congo, arms, report, gold, UN Mission, ivory, DR Congo, Pakistani, BBC, gave arms, Carnegie Moscow Center, moscow times, India, arms deals, smuggled gold, United Nations