New Task Force Set Up To Improve Performance Of U.N. Mission In S. Sudan

The head of United Nations peacekeeping operations has just established a task force after a probe found that the mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) failed to protect civilians during a wave of violence in Juba, the capital, in July, reports the U.N. News Service.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has already approved the recommendations assigned to the new task force, Herve Ladsous, the undersecretary-general for U.N. peacekeeping operations, said on Thursday.

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