[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN's Ladsous: Bolster UNAMID to protect Darfur civilians

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN: Narcotics fight suffers in Afghanistan, parts of Africa Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   March 13, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN's Ladsous: Bolster UNAMID to protect Darfur civilians The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, UNAMID, needs to be better equipped, better positioned and more proactive in protecting civilians, UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told the Security Council on Wednesday. A report from Ladsous also called for UNAMID to have "greater force mobility and an expanded patrol footprint." The displaced in the Darfur region number nearly 2 million, including 100,000 over the past six weeks. 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