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1st LD: Security Council asks UN chief to discuss with African Union on enhanced police presence in Burundi

Xinhua, April 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to require UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to hold talks with the Burundian government and the African Union on the proposed international presence and present options to the Security Council within 15 days.

The new resolution unanimously adopted by the 15-nation UN council paves the way for an enhanced UN police presence in Burundi, where a crisis broke out in April 2015 after protests against the third term bid of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza.

The protests and the post-election violence reportedly left more than 400 people killed and drove more than 240,000 people to flee into neighboring countries.

The draft resolution initially circulated by France on March 29 came after an attempt in late February to adopt a presidential statement on Burundi which was unsuccessful due to a lack of consensus, diplomats said here. Enditem