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United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
16 July 2008
Posted to the web 16 July 2008
Eoin Young
MONUC's five Military Engineering companies deployed in eastern DRC have greatly improved local infrastructure such as roads and airports, which not only supports MONUC's actions but boosts economic activity and and the "Stabilisation Plan" for the country.
MONUC's rebuilding work on the FARDC training camps of Luberizi in South Kivu and Nyakele in North Kivu further enhances the DRC security sector reform process.
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In the important field of security sector reform, the action of these companies resulted in the construction of three camps for FARDC units. The MONUC Chinese engineering company built the FARDC camps of Luberizi 1 and Luberizi 2 in South Kivu, which can each accomodate 1,000 trainees.
The sites also house an ammunitions dump, a firing range and a sports ground. In North-Kivu, the MONUC Indonesian engineering company built the Nyaleke camp, which can accomodate 3,000 FARDC soldiers at a time.
With these installations, the FARDC have ideal training conditions to train units to fulfill their mission and protect their country and its population.
MONUC Military Engineering companies were also involved in the rehabilitation and construction of road and airport infrastructure, and other infrastructure essential to the freedom of movement of people and the economic development of the country.
Despite sometimes difficult weather conditions, with torrential rains which regularly destroy roadworks, the engineers worked tirelessly, sometimes restarting the same work that bad weather had destroyed.
The recent achievements include the rehabilitation and maintenance of seven roads by MONUC Engineering companies: in Ituri the Dungu city road by the MONUC Indonesian company, the Aveba-Kamatsi-Tchey road, the Nizi-Ika-Pimbo-Fataki road and the Iga-Gina-Pimbo road by the MONUC Nepalese company and the Bunia road by the Uruguyan company.
In South Kivu the access road to the Ruzizi powerplant and the road to Kamuvu airport were rehabiliatated by the MONUC Chinese company.
Their achievements comprise also the rebuilding of three bridges in Ituri, in Dungu, on the Nizi river and on the Runingu by-pass, as well as the rebuilding and the maintenance of two airfields in Bunia and Mavivi. All these achievements make it possible for the population to be able to move more easily.
In addition to these achievements, MONUC engineering companies are currently upgrading four more roads: Mahagi-Kwandroma-Fakati, Bunia-Ika-Barriea in Ituri, Sake-Masisi-Nyabondo in North Kivu and Kamanyola-Uvira in South Kivu. They are also committed to the maintenance of Bunia airport.
A bi-annual conference took place on 2 July last, gathering the heads of MONUC Military Engineering companies with MONUC forces staff in Kinshasa. The goal of this meeting was to evaluate completed work during the last six months, and to make a work plan for the next six months.
In the six months to come, important rebuilding work of fourteen roads, an airfield and two bridges will be entrusted to MONUC's Military Engineering companies, who will later hand them over to the state.
MONUC's Military Engineering companies are thus fully involved on the ground to the benefit of the population and the state, and are actively taking part in the stabilisation and rebuilding of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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