The United Nations And Challenges Of Civilian Protection In South Sudan Crisis, 2013-2018
The United Nations And Challenges Of Civilian Protection In South Sudan Crisis, 2013-2018

Summary/Abstract: The UN has played and continues to play vital roles in mediating peace agreements and assisting in their implementation, helping to reduce the level of conflict in several regions in the world, especially in Africa. However, some of those peace accords have failed to bring the conflicts to an end, such as in South Sudan. By December 2013 there ensued a political power struggle between the South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and former vice president Riek Machar, which resulted in violent clashes between ethnic army factions. The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2132 (2013) on December 24 in response to the crisis. Overnight, the UNMISS had to transit from supporting the nascent nation, which gained independence in July 2011, to protecting civilians from harm, sometimes against the government that has as one of its constitutional duty the protection of lives and properties of its citizens. The paper examined the role UNMISS in its transformed mandate of civilian protection.

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