Showing posts with label MONUSCO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MONUSCO. Show all posts
Saturday, July 27, 2013
DR Congo: Peacekeepers at war - South 2 North - Al Jazeera English
On March 28, 2013, the United Nations Security Council authorised a 3,000 strong "Force Intervention Brigade" to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - the first of its kind in UN history.
Many believe that the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the DRC has failed. The conflict continues and by some estimates 5.4 million are dead, and hundreds of thousands of women are raped every year. And fearing the rising death toll, the UN has broken tactic: the peacemakers are going to war.
But is this the way to create internal peace and prosperity in the DR Congo? And is it the way forward for international peacekeeping missions?
In a passionate and heated edition of South2North, Redi invites Ambassador Bene M'Poko from the embassy of the DRC in South Africa; American author Jason K. Stearns; and former CEO of Africa Liberty and civil leader Bernard Katompa to debate the past, present and future of the Congo.................
FULL ARTICLE HERE: DR Congo: Peacekeepers at war - South 2 North - Al Jazeera English
Thursday, March 14, 2013
New MONUSCO Mandate Should Include Programs to Increase Defections, Combat Smuggling | RAISE Hope for Congo
Posted by Sasha Lezhnev on Mar 12, 2013 | Original article
In the coming days, the United Nations Security Council will be debating the mandate of the U.N. mission in Congo known as MONUSCO, the world’s largest peacekeeping force. One of the key decisions the U.S., U.K., France, and the other Security Council members will be deciding is whether to incorporate an intervention brigade into MONUSCO to combat spoiler armed groups. But apart from the brigade, the $1 billion-per-year U.N. mission can make a concrete difference on the ground in other areas like encouraging defections from armed groups and combating smuggling. Based on a recent trip to eastern Congo and conversations with U.N. peacekeepers themselves, here are three ideas that I would want my taxpayer dollars to go toward: (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE: New MONUSCO Mandate Should Include Programs to Increase Defections, Combat Smuggling | RAISE Hope for Congo
In the coming days, the United Nations Security Council will be debating the mandate of the U.N. mission in Congo known as MONUSCO, the world’s largest peacekeeping force. One of the key decisions the U.S., U.K., France, and the other Security Council members will be deciding is whether to incorporate an intervention brigade into MONUSCO to combat spoiler armed groups. But apart from the brigade, the $1 billion-per-year U.N. mission can make a concrete difference on the ground in other areas like encouraging defections from armed groups and combating smuggling. Based on a recent trip to eastern Congo and conversations with U.N. peacekeepers themselves, here are three ideas that I would want my taxpayer dollars to go toward: (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE: New MONUSCO Mandate Should Include Programs to Increase Defections, Combat Smuggling | RAISE Hope for Congo
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