UNMAS celebrates UN Day in DRC

(Right to Left) SRSG Martin Kobler and the DRC Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Tshibanda

(Right to Left) MONUSCO Force Chief of Staff Brigadier General Manoj Kumar Mago, MONUSCO Force Commander Lt. Gen. Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz, SRSG Martin Kobler.

UNMAS DRC Chief of Operations Michel Cipiere.

(Left to Right) UNMAS Chief of Operations Michel Cipiere and Programme Officer Michelle Healy attending the UN Day celebrations at UNDP DRC

UN agencies presented their activities to the students at a local secondary school in Kinshasa,and the students had the opportunity to ask UN staff questions about their programmes in DRC.

UNMAS DRC Risk Education Officer Philippe Ebimba explains to children in Kinshasa how UNMAS helps to protect children affected by in armed conflict.

Explaining the work of UNMAS to schoolchildren in DRC on the Day of the United Nations.

Students at a local secondary school in Kinshasa.

A student reading a risk education manual for children

On 24th October 2013, representatives from the UN Country Team, the UN Mission; MONUSCO, ambassadors, members of the Government, along with children from nearby schools, gathered at the UNDP Headquarters in Kinshasa, DRC to celebrate UN Day 2013.
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