[Published: Wednesday August 11 2010]
UN outlines options to tackle
security threats
New York, 11 Aug-(ANA)-The United Nations has proposed strengthening the
Central African Republic (CAR) to enable it to effectively tackle security and
humanitarian challenges when UN peacekeepers withdraw from the country at the
end of the year.
Presenting
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s latest report , Mr. Youssef Mahmoud noted that
the threat to civilians, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees and
humanitarian workers in north-eastern CAR remained real.
“The
lack of sustained progress in combating security threats in north-eastern
CAR is mainly the result of the weak presence of its armed forces and the lack
of logistical and other means for its operations,” he added.
Mr.
Ban said in his report that the overall security situation in north-eastern
CAR continues to suffer from inter-ethnic conflict, banditry and cross-border
criminal activity. (ANA)
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