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The United Nations Security Council has today passed a
resolution authorizing the deployment of 4,000 more UN peacekeepers to
bolster existing forces and a renewed mandate to use “all necessary
means” to protect UN personnel and take “proactive” measure to protect
civilians, according to ABC News.
resolution authorizing the deployment of 4,000 more UN peacekeepers to
bolster existing forces and a renewed mandate to use “all necessary
means” to protect UN personnel and take “proactive” measure to protect
civilians, according to ABC News.
This Security Council authorization follows weeks of insecurity in
the South Sudan capital Juba and renewed violence against opposition
leader Riek Machar. Mr. Machar and the South Sudanese President Salva
Kiir came to a tepid peace agreement following years of civil war.
The United Nations has come under intense criticism for failing to
protect civilians in South Sudan in the midst of fighting between
government and opposition forces. There have been numerous documented
instances of civilians being targeted by militaries and more than 2
million people displaced.
The Security Council resolution demanded that the government and opposition leaders end the fighting and implement a peace deal.
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