U.N Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, will recommend the U.N Security Council that a peace 'enforcement' unit will be deployed to combat the M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior U.N official announced.
The official, who declined to be named, said,
The change in stance on Congo comes after MONUSCO, the UN stabilising mission in Congo, failed to intervene as the M23 rebels gained control of the eastern city of Goma.
The unnamed official conveyed that the peace enforcement missions would act as "a deterrent against armed groups."
South Africa and Tanzania have been suggested as possible nations that would provide the troops for the peace enforcing wing of MONUSCO.
The official, who declined to be named, said,
"It is not simply peacekeeping, this is peace enforcement. It's a much more robust stance".The peace enforcement missions allow the use of lethal force, where as peacekeeping missions are intended to support and monitor an already existing ceasefire.
The change in stance on Congo comes after MONUSCO, the UN stabilising mission in Congo, failed to intervene as the M23 rebels gained control of the eastern city of Goma.
The unnamed official conveyed that the peace enforcement missions would act as "a deterrent against armed groups."
South Africa and Tanzania have been suggested as possible nations that would provide the troops for the peace enforcing wing of MONUSCO.
