The
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or
MONUSCO (which is initials of its French name "Mission de l'Organisation des Nations unies pour la stabilisation en République démocratique du Congo") (
until 2010 known as
United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo or
MONUC, ), is a United Nations
peacekeeping force in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was established by the
United Nations Security Council in resolutions
1279 (1999) and 1291 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council to monitor the peace process of the
Second Congo War, though much of its focus subsequently turned to the
Ituri conflict, the
Kivu conflict and the
Dongo conflict.