CIVIC and 21 non-governmental organizations have issued a joint statement calling on members of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary-General, and all governments to strengthen protection for civilians caught in armed conflict. The statement comes in advance of a UN Security Council open debate on the protection of civilians, which will take place on…
This is the second piece in a series that CIVIC will publish throughout 2019 to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council taking up the protection of civilians on its agenda. Follow along here, on Facebook, and in our Twitter feed @CivCenter as we reflect on the status of the protection of civilians…
This is the first piece in a series that CIVIC will publish throughout 2019 to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council taking up the protection of civilians on its agenda. Follow along here, on Facebook, and on Twitter with #POC20 as we reflect on the status of the protection of civilians during this important…
Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo took a turn for the worse in 2017 and the New Year is unlikely to bring much relief to Congolese civilians.
From Words to Action on UN Peacekeeping Reform The UN Security Council held an Open Debate on March 28th on ‘Collective Action to Improve UN Peacekeeping Operations’. At the event, the UN Secretary-General launched his new peacekeeping reform initiative, Action for Peacekeeping, or A4P. The Open Debate was convened by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.…
The Security Council will vote today to renew the mandate and provide a needed boost of 900 additional troops to the beleaguered UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). The neglected five-year war in CAR has taken a deadly turn for the worse in 2017, resulting in the killing of civilians, humanitarians…
Despite well-publicized and often unacceptable failures, proposed budget cuts by the United States would undo what good has been done to make UN peacekeepers better able to protect vulnerable civilians.
