Le secrétaire général de l' organisation, le Portugais António Guterres , announced on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 that in New York that the UN has appointed another Brazilian to command MONUSCO, the Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is General Otávio Rodrigues de Miranda Filho, who is currently working in the Amazon, succeeding the current leader, Marcos de Sá Affonso da Costa.

Monusco has existed since 2010. The UN has been active in the African nation since the end of the 1990s. The Conseil de sécurité de l' ONU , supreme body of United Nations and responsible for periodically renewing the operation. He thus assigned two main objectives to MONUSCO, in particular, the protection of civilians and the support of public institutions and major governance and security reforms in the country.

According to the statement released by the UN, Miranda Filho is the military commander in the Amazon, where he coordinates the logistic structure that provides support to dozens of military organizations. In the meantime, he had headed the international affairs sector of the armed forces, was chief of staff of the Planalto military command and military attaché at the Brazilian Embassy in China.