16 April 2014

UN sends peacekeeping mission to CAR, Ban Ki-moon urges international community to provide assistance

On 10 April, the United Nations Security Council issued a resolution that establishes the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in CAR (MINUSCA), consisting of 10,000 troops and 2,000 police forces. The peacekeepers are authorised to use all necessary means in order to protect the civilian population. Furthermore, the Council requested that the Secretary General incorporate the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) into MINUSCA. (more…)

Source: UN News Centre | World must help people of Central African Republic ‘not tomorrow – today,’ declares UN chief
Source: UN News Centre | Security Council establishes UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic
Source: The Washington Post | Central African Republic needs immediate help
Source: The New York Times | U.N. to Send Peacekeepers to Central African Republic