UN slams DR Congo failure to prevent December massacre The spokeswoman of the UN Human rights High-Commissioner office, Ravina Shamdasani in Geneva explains that the massacre of hundreds of people during the inter-community violence in mid-December in villages in western Democratic Republic of Congo "may amount to crimes against humanity", and that this violence was "facilitated by the absence of State action". IMAGES of the UN's headquarters and of Ravina Shamdasani AND SOUNDBITES of Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman of the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human rights