Peace and Security Council Report No 91

Published on 24 May 2017 in Research / Peace and Security Council Report

Peace and Security Council Report No 91

This issue covers responses to genocide, atrocities and the LRA, as well as the impact of peacekeeping funding cuts.

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) has renewed the mandate of its force to ght the Lord’s Resistance Army, despite the withdrawal of Uganda and the US.

The PSC will devote an open session to preventing genocide every year in April, but this is far from adequate to prevent mass atrocities on the continent.

Holding former heads of state accountable for atrocities seems to be catching on in West Africa.

Looming funding cuts should urge the AU to ll crucial peacekeeping doctrinal gaps.

Institute for Security Studies researcher Timothy Walker outlines the challenges for African governments in dealing with maritime security.

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Development partners

The publication of the PSC Report is made possible through support from the Hanns Seidel Stiftung and the Government of The Netherlands. The ISS is also grateful for the support of the following members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the USA.