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Offensive force for DR Congo created by UN Security Council
by Joseph Earnest March 28, 2013
Newscast Media KINSHASA—The Security Council has approved the first "offensive" UN force to battle rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Deutsche Welle. The resolution gave the 2,500-troop force orders to "neutralize" and "disarm" armed groups like M23, in the east of the country. The brigade and surveillance drones to monitor the Democratic Republic of Congo's borders will be operating by July, UN officials said.
The force will act "in a robust, highly mobile and versatile manner and in strict compliance with international law," according to the resolution, to "prevent the expansion of all armed groups, neutralize these groups, and to disarm them."
The brigade will comprise three infantry battalions, one artillery and one special forces and a reconnaissance company with headquarters in Goma, the North Kivu provincial capital. The UN campaign aims to end conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo's border regions with Rwanda and Uganda.
According to Reuters, South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi are the most likely candidates to supply the troops for the intervention unit. Mozambique had also been tipped to be part of the new unit but it will likely not be part of the new brigade.
The resolution also states that the intervention
brigade will be made up of three infantry battalions, one artillery and
one special force and reconnaissance company headquartered in Goma under
the direct command of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as MONUSCO.
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Source: Deutsche Welle
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