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UN Security Council Passes Resolution to Send 4,000 Troops to South Sudan

© REUTERS / Adriane OhanesianUnited Nations peacekeepers control South Sudanese women and children before the distribution of emergency food supplies at the United Nations protection of civilians (POC) site 3 hosting about 30,000 people displaced during the recent fighting in Juba, South Sudan, July 25, 2016
United Nations peacekeepers control South Sudanese women and children before the distribution of emergency food supplies at the United Nations protection of civilians (POC) site 3 hosting about 30,000 people displaced during the recent fighting in Juba, South Sudan, July 25, 2016 - Sputnik International
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US Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs David Pressman said that the UN Security Council passed a resolution to deploy a 4,000-troop protection force to South Sudan.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The UN Security Council passed a resolution to deploy a 4,000-troops protection force to South Sudan, the US Ambassador to the UN for Special Political Affairs David Pressman said at a Security Council meeting on Friday.

"South Sudan’s regional partners and the African Union have called on the [UN] Security Council to authorize urgently a regional protection force," Pressman stated. "This resolution does that."

UN Security Council Resolution 2304 authorizes the deployment of 4,000 UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until December 16.

Pressman explained the UN force will safeguard the capital city of Juba, facilitate free movement in the city and protect key facilities.

United Nations peacekeepers control South Sudanese women and children before the distribution of emergency food supplies at the United Nations protection of civilians (POC) site 3 hosting about 30,000 people displaced during the recent fighting in Juba, South Sudan, July 25, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Additionally, the resolution authorizes UNMISS to use "all necessary means" to protect civilians, he noted.

If the South Sudanese government tries to obstruct the UNMISS troops, Pressman said the UN Security Council will vote to impose an arms embargo against the country.

An armed ethnic conflict erupted in South Sudan in December 2013, 18 months after the nation gained independence from Sudan. More than one million people have fled their homes during the conflict.

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