US EditionUN Cuts Peacekeeping Force Amid Rising Tensions in South Sudan
The 13-0 vote keeps the mission focused on civilian protection and aid access as violence rises after Riek Machar’s house arrest.
- On Thursday, the United Nations Security Council voted to reduce the peacekeeping force ceiling in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000 troops, aiming to prevent a return to civil war in the world's newest nation.
- Following independence in 2011, South Sudan suffered a civil war between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar that killed more than 400,000 people before a 2018 peace agreement.
- United States Ambassador Mike Waltz told the council the resolution seeks to get the force "back to basics," citing more than 480 incidents where peacekeepers faced obstruction between October and March.
- The U.S.-drafted resolution passed 13-0 with Russia and China abstaining, though Russia's deputy ambassador Anna Evstigneeva argued for maintaining the mission's original troop ceiling to ensure sufficient resources.
- Extending the mandate until April 30, 2027, the council supports South Sudan as it prepares for a long-delayed presidential election in December despite ongoing violence and the breakdown of the 2018 peace deal.
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UN Cuts Peacekeeping Force Amid Rising Tensions in South Sudan
The UN Security Council decided to reduce South Sudan's peacekeeping force from 17,000 to 12,000 troops. This decision aims to prevent further civil unrest in the nation. The 2018 peace agreement showed hope, but President Kiir recently placed Vice President Machar under house arrest, inciting new tensions.
U.N. votes to cut the peacekeeping force in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000
The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to reduce the ceiling for the peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000 troops with a mandate to prevent a return to civil war in the world's newest nation.
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UN votes to cut the peacekeeping force in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000
The U.N. Security Council has voted to reduce the ceiling for the peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan to 12,000 troops, down from 17,000.
The UN Security Council on Thursday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for one year, but reduced the maximum number of peacekeepers serving in it, despite objections from several states. The resolution, adopted by 13 votes in favor and 2 abstentions (Russia and China), extends the mandate of the mission, which was deployed in 2011, after the birth of the new state, until April 30, 2027. The Security Counc…
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