Tomáš Žák

Special Assistant to the SRSG of @MONUSCO

Tweets on: #UN 🇺🇳, #DRC 🇨🇩, #Kenya 🇰🇪

RTs ≠ endorsement

[Tomáš Žák @tomaszak]

1: A revised version of my Master's dissertation @AfricaOxfordUni @StAntsCollege has been published in @JEASjournal here: https://t.co/KziHxhNDJE

[JEAS @JEASjournal]

Now online:
Building a culture of resistance: securitising and de-securitising Eastleigh during the #Kenya|n government’s Operation Usalama Watch
by @tomaszak
https://t.co/Oqj4zoZ3V0

[Emmet Livingstone @L4ingstone]

I interviewed the new UN Senior Ebola Coordinator, Julien Harneis, for @NPR. Listen here:
https://t.co/gDecy1Q0MG

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

In a new essay for @Horizons_CIRSD, I look at the seven roles every UN Secretary-General must play:

📈 Administrator
🪖 Mediator
💰 Developer
👼 Moralist
📢 Communicator
💫 Visionary
👶 Human

https://t.co/tfhkaWOQEv

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Congo said on Tuesday a Rwandan armed group operating in eastern Congo had signed a protocol committing to disarmament, but Rwanda rejected the move as inconsistent with a U.S.-brokered peace agreement between the two countries. https://t.co/TZTOHDwpUY

[Jason Gale @jwgale]

1/9
The Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't making headlines like it was 6 wks ago, but the need to support containment efforts is only increasing, with deaths at 600 (+2 in Uganda) and some worrying developments.
Here's a 🎁🔗 to my story that explains why 👇
https://t.co/C0vF3K5VW6

[Daniel Forti @FortiD]

🚨: the @UN Fifth Committee has agreed to a major change in the methodology for the return of credits to member states.

For the next 4 years, the UN will return credits based on actual money collected, not budgeted.

This saves the UN $1.5 billion over the next 12 months.

[UN Spokesperson @UN_Spokesperson]

Statement by the Secretary-General on the General Assembly’s budget vote: https://t.co/gr35c8sZjk

[Daniel Forti @FortiD]

It is rare for something at the UN to be a "game changer".

But this new transcripts website could be that, for diplomats and researchers alike.

Developed under UN 2.0, it uses AI to transcribe EVERY UN meeting that is broadcast live.

H/t @ronpatz.

https://t.co/ULPRTzOr4M

[MONUSCO @MONUSCO]

In his briefing to the Security Council, SRSG and Head of MONUSCO, James Swan, called for the reopening of Goma and Kavumu airport.

[Declan Walsh @declanwalsh]

Once they were farmers, painters and gold miners. Now they are on the hard edge of an Ebola outbreak that some fear could become the largest ever.
We followed a team of brave Congolese volunteers risking their lives to save their community.
https://t.co/F2ul42Qxs8

[MONUSCO @MONUSCO]

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO, Mr. James Swan, will address the UN Security Council this Friday at 8 PM (UTC+1) on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Watch his remarks live through the link below:

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#DRC: We condemn last week’s violence against protesters opposed to amending the constitution which reportedly left at least one dead and at least 38 injured.

Those responsible must be brought to justice and freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly must be fully respected.

https://t.co/u2vRXkHTM4

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

I talk to @columlynch @devex about the UN diplomatic community's shifting views of Antonio Guterres.

https://t.co/kOqIKqhjCI

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Three laboratories in Democratic Republic of Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, the World Health Organization said, as the outbreak of the dangerous Bundibugyo species of the virus continues to grow. https://t.co/odNNTOVe4w

[michelawrong @michelawrong]

Traceability isn't working and the smuggling of DRC's coltan has soared since the M23 invaded in 2025: a new report by the NGO Global Witness. https://t.co/42assJE9W0

[MONUSCO @MONUSCO]

Le RSSG et Chef de la #MONUSCO, James Swan, est retourné aujourd’hui à Goma, au Nord-Kivu, dans le cadre de ses engagements provinciaux réguliers sur la mise en œuvre du mandat de la mission de maintien de paix.

[MONUSCO @MONUSCO]

SRSG James Swan, Head of MONUSCO, and UN Special Envoy Huang Xia met with H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the @_AfricanUnion Commission in Addis Ababa , to discuss coordinated support for peace, security and stability.

[Geneva Solutions @GenevaSolutions]

OPINION. Geneva has stood the test of time as a key diplomatic venue. However, that role is fading due to the absence of direction from the top, writes Daniel Safran-Hon, a former political affairs officer in the office of the UN secretary general.
➡️ https://t.co/jRPYr7vZ1H

[PassBlue @pass_blue]

Years later, a Congolese army colonel sentenced to death for UN experts https://t.co/v3it2kXG8M

[Bloomberg @business]

Ebola scientist Peter Piot tells @MishalHusain that attacks on health centers are complicating efforts to contain the latest outbreak

Listen at https://t.co/A3cTzlXpFD or watch The Mishal Husain Show at https://t.co/zBNwXceZnb

[Jean-Pierre Lacroix @Lacroix_UN]

As conflicts grow more complex and resources more constrained, I shared with #TheGuardian why investing in @UNPeacekeeping remains one of the smartest investments the international community can make for peace, security, and stability.

➡️ https://t.co/fOBZq4eEWN

#InvestInPeace