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Security Council delegation meets with transitional authorities in CAR

Xinhua, March 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

A UN Security Council delegation is meeting with transitional authorities of Central African Republic (CAR) in the country's capital Bangui, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said here on Wednesday.

Dujarric told a daily briefing that the council delegation is meeting with Catherine Samba-Panza, head of state of the transition, and also UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).

Noting that this is the council's first visit to the country since the mission's deployment last September, Dujarric said council members are on the ground to assess the progress made in stabilizing the country and the first months of operation of MINUSCA.

The Security Council deployed MINUSCA with missions of protecting civilians, supporting for the transition process in the country as well as facilitating humanitarian assistance in CAR.

CAR, the resource-rich but impoverished country, borders violence-wracked South Sudan, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Plagued by decades of instability and fighting, CAR witnessed a resurgence of violence in December 2013 when the Seleka rebels launched a series of attacks, culminating in March 2014 when then President Francois Bozize was forced to flee the city as they seized control of the capital.

Over the past year, the country has experienced a major political crisis which has resulted in a violent conflict that has affected nearly the entire population and has left some 2.5 million people, over half the population, in dire need of assistance.

The security situation continues to deteriorate, with community tensions and sectarian violence on the rise. More than a million people have fled their homes for safety. The humanitarian consequences of the crisis are being felt across the region.

The delegation, after its first stop in CAR, will then visit Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and Bujumbura in Burundi before concluding the trip on March 13. The visit is scheduled by France, the council's president for this month. Endite