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- Oct 17, 2012
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Last week the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) extended the mandate of its South Sudan mission (UNMISS), giving civilian protection, addressing security, humanitarian and the countrys political crisis priority.
The UNSC, in its resolution, extended the missions mandate until 30 November 2014, and authorized it to use all necessary means to protect civilians, monitor and investigate human rights, create the conditions for delivery of humanitarian assistance, and support the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
UNMISS has been protecting between 75,000 and 80,000 civilians who have sought safety at its bases around the country for months since the violence began last year.
As such, the mission in its new mandate is expected to focus and streamline its activities, across its military, police and civilian components in line with its new role.
The mission will, however, remain with the 12,500 troops and 1,323 police forces approved by the UNSC in late December last year when violence broke out in the South Sudanese capital, Juba following disputes between the presidential guards.
Washington called for the deployment of 2500 from the AU (IGAD) or any other forces under the blue helmets to enable UNMISS conduct its new mission in a professional manner.
From the first glance its seems that the UNSC resolution is a normal action and coincides with the circumstances in South Sudan; but its danger comes from that fact it paves the way to make South Sudan a country under the complete international guardianship.
Before the recent resolution, the mandate of the UNIMSS was limited and it was not allowed to use all necessary means as was stipulated in the recent resolution.
The new mandate allows for using forces and transforming the mission to a purely fighting mission to impose a certain reality.
It is apparent that the situations in South Sudan are heading to more complications after the practical implementation of the UNSC resolution.
The danger of the new developments resulted from the new mandate of the UNMISS is that it opened the door before international blatant intervention, and go forward to change the structure of governance through imposing new groups or a third party as an option to resolve the conflict.
The US Administration is looking for pretexts to retain its domination over the political scene in South Sudan and the new mandate of UNMISS is an approach for South Sudan to head towards falling under the clutches of the international guardianship.
The UNSC, in its resolution, extended the missions mandate until 30 November 2014, and authorized it to use all necessary means to protect civilians, monitor and investigate human rights, create the conditions for delivery of humanitarian assistance, and support the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
UNMISS has been protecting between 75,000 and 80,000 civilians who have sought safety at its bases around the country for months since the violence began last year.
As such, the mission in its new mandate is expected to focus and streamline its activities, across its military, police and civilian components in line with its new role.
The mission will, however, remain with the 12,500 troops and 1,323 police forces approved by the UNSC in late December last year when violence broke out in the South Sudanese capital, Juba following disputes between the presidential guards.
Washington called for the deployment of 2500 from the AU (IGAD) or any other forces under the blue helmets to enable UNMISS conduct its new mission in a professional manner.
From the first glance its seems that the UNSC resolution is a normal action and coincides with the circumstances in South Sudan; but its danger comes from that fact it paves the way to make South Sudan a country under the complete international guardianship.
Before the recent resolution, the mandate of the UNIMSS was limited and it was not allowed to use all necessary means as was stipulated in the recent resolution.
The new mandate allows for using forces and transforming the mission to a purely fighting mission to impose a certain reality.
It is apparent that the situations in South Sudan are heading to more complications after the practical implementation of the UNSC resolution.
The danger of the new developments resulted from the new mandate of the UNMISS is that it opened the door before international blatant intervention, and go forward to change the structure of governance through imposing new groups or a third party as an option to resolve the conflict.
The US Administration is looking for pretexts to retain its domination over the political scene in South Sudan and the new mandate of UNMISS is an approach for South Sudan to head towards falling under the clutches of the international guardianship.
