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UN Security Council increases number of corrections officers in CAR

By NAN
10 February 2016   |   10:36 am
The UN Security Council has increased, from 40 to 108, the number of corrections officers at the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) . In a unanimously adopted resolution on Tuesday in New York, the council decided to beef up the number because the situation in the strife-torn nation remained…
PHOTO: Defenceweb.co.za

PHOTO: Defenceweb.co.za

The UN Security Council has increased, from 40 to 108, the number of corrections officers at the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) .

In a unanimously adopted resolution on Tuesday in New York, the council decided to beef up the number because the situation in the strife-torn nation remained a threat to international peace and security.

The 15-member council also resolved that MINUSCA would comprise up to 10,750 military personnel.

These include 480 military observers and military staff officers, and 2,080 police personnel, among them 400 individual police officers.

The council also asked the Secretary-General to keep the level of MINUSCA’s military, police and corrections officers under continuous review.

Established in 2014 to replace the United Nations Peace-building Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA), MINUSCA’s current mandate will expire at the end of April.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the ongoing conflict in the CAR is between the Seleka rebels’ coalition and government forces, which began on Dec. 10, 2012.

The conflict arose after rebels accused the government of former President Francois Bozize of failing to abide by peace agreements signed in 2007 and 2011.

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