The UN has said it will send home those peacekeepers found responsible of “inadequate response” during a deadly attack on its base in South Sudan where 48,000 civilians had sought refuge in February.
The United Nations takes “very seriously” the findings that confusion over command and rules of engagement hampered peacekeepers’ response to the deadly attack, the world body’s top peacekeeping official has said.
“We take it very seriously the fact that the Board of Inquiry points to an inadequate response by some of our people on the ground [in Malakal]; there was a lack of responsiveness from some and lack of understanding about the rules of engagement,” Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé ladsous told reporters yesterday after what he described as “very extensive” closed-door consultations with the UN Security Council.