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UN Security Council renews mandate of CAR peacekeeping mission

Xinhua, April 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Tuesday extended the mandate of UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic (CAR) for a year until April 30, 2016.

In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member body also decided the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has an authorized troop ceiling of 10,750 military personnel and 2,080 police personnel, which include additional troops authorized last month.

In late March, the UN Security Council authorized an increase of more than 1,000 peacekeepers for the MINUSCA, citing that the situation in CAR continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security.

MINUSCA was set up in April 2014 with the mandate to protect civilians from violence, support the country's transition process and facilitate humanitarian assistance. According to the resolution, its mandate remains largely unchanged.

As the mission has just reached its full operational capacity one year after its establishment, Herve Ladsous, UN under- secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, is currently in CAR, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told a daily briefing here.

"Mr. Ladsous also held meetings with the transitional authorities ahead of the opening of the National Bangui Forum on May 4," said Haq.

Stakeholders in CAR are expected to convene the peace-building forum in Bangui, capital of CAR, and to complete the election process in August this year, which will hopefully facilitate the country's political transitional process.

The latest conflict in CAR broke out in December 2012. More than two years of civil war and sectarian violence have displaced thousands of people in the country. According to UN estimates, nearly 440,000 people remain displaced inside the country while some 190,000 have sought asylum across the borders. Endite