Security Council Pushes for Reset of UNMISS Approach to Civilian Protection

By Josh Jorgensen The Security Council renewed the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on March 15, 2023. The new mandate emphasizes the Mission’s responsibility to physically protect civilians from violence, but does not substantively change its other priorities or responsibilities. With the mandate’s new Protection of Civilians (POC) language and…

MONUSCO’s 2022 Mandate: Streamlined, But Missing Key Protection Language

By Daniel Levine-Spound and Josh Jorgensen In December 2022, the UN Security Council renewed the mandate of MONUSCO, the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), for another year. The Council also adopted another resolution lifting the notification requirement for arms, which previously required that arms suppliers notify the Council…