[1] In 1885 Belgian King Leopold II appointed the Serb Kosta Dinić to serve as both a doctor and judge in the Congo Free State.

[2] Both Yugoslavia and DC Congo were active members of the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War.

During the 15th session of the United Nations General Assembly non-aligned countries from Africa and Asia together with Yugoslavia repeatedly initiated discussion on the situation in Congo.

[3] Following the execution of Patrice Lumumba, Congo's first democratically elected prime minister, demonstrations started in Yugoslav capital Belgrade which escalated in ransacking of the Belgian Embassy.

[7] On 21 May 1980 Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yugoslavia, together with Tanzania and Zambia proposed a draft resolution to the World Health Assembly to extend the assistance in the health sector to the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe which was affected by the consequences of the Zimbabwe War of Liberation.