Arrival of Regional Protection Force to Boost UNMISS patrol to secure Unsafe Roads

Aug 08, 2017, 10:06 AM

The arrival of a UN regional force in South Sudan will enable the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS to free up additional peacekeepers to mount more patrols along insecure roads, the head of the Mission, David Shearer has said.

David Shearer, who is also the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in South Sudan was addressing a news conference in Juba following the arrival, over the weekend, of the first 120 soldiers of the Rwandan battalion of the Regional Protection Force.

The RPF was mandated by the UN Security Council with a maximum troop strength of 4000 and will bolster the Mission’s capacity to deter violence and protect civilians in the South Sudanese capital, Juba.

Here is David Shearer updating Journalists about the deployment of the Regional Protection Force and its significance.