Antonio Guterres. United Nations Security Council Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/antonio-guterres-united-nations-security-council/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Antonio Guterres. United Nations Security Council Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/antonio-guterres-united-nations-security-council/ 32 32 Kasai violence is pushing DRC into famine https://jjcornish.com/2017/12/kasai-violence-pushing-drc-famine/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/12/kasai-violence-pushing-drc-famine/ Security experts warn that cutting the number of United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo places vast numbers of people at risk. There are fears that violence is pushing the DRC into famine. ends intro MONUSCO in the DRC is the largest and most expensive  peacekeeping force in the world. The United Nations […]

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There are fears that violence is pushing the DRC into famine.

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MONUSCO in the DRC is the largest and most expensive  peacekeeping force in the world.

The United Nations Security Council has voted to reduce by 3 000 its 19 000-strong ranks.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is among those who’ve sounded a note of caution.

In Kasai province, riven by three years of fighting following the killing of a traditional leader, half a million children suffer sever malnutrition.

They’re among one-and-a-half million people displaced by fighting in the DRC and the World Food Programme is running out off money to feed them

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