US asks UNSC to authorise multinational force in Liberia

[Judi Lynn]

US asks UNSC to authorise multinational force in Liberia
Press Trust of India
United Nations, July 31

The United States has asked the Security Council to authorise immediate deployment of a multinational force with robust mandate to bring peace and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered in war-torn Liberia.

The multinational force would be replaced by the UN peacekeepers by October 1 under the American proposal.

With the international community facing criticism from human rights groups across the world for inaction in Liberia, Washington introduced a resolution in the 15-member Council on Wednesday which also include a controversial provision that would exempt peacekeepers from prosecution in the International Criminal Court (ICC) that Washington has consistently opposed.

At a news conference, Secretary General Kofi Annan said that there is no need for such a provision as UN peacekeepers are never known to have indulged in mass crimes which would attract prosecution by the ICC. (snip/...)

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[DUreader]

1. The Irrelevant UN? If they refuse will we 'go in' anyway?

No threats from shrubby?