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SC/11247

As Old Questions Linger, New Realities Compel Security Council to Rethink Traditional Means of Tackling Global Hotspots

The Security Council went to great lengths in 2013 to adapt — and occasionally redefine — its traditional means of intervention so as to better accommodate twenty-first century realities as it worked to quell fresh fighting in the heart of Africa and soften fierce hostilities reshaping even the strongest alliances in the Middle East over the course of the year.

SC/11246

Briefing Security Council, Special Representative in Democratic Republic of Congo, Says Mission Moving Military, Police, Civilian Staff ‘Where People Need Us Most’

Commending peacekeepers’ recent efforts to quell violence and help national armed forces defeat the 23 March Movement insurgency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the commander of the United Nations Mission there said today that this year it must be more agile and active in the strife-torn eastern part of the country.
SC/11242

Situation in Central African Republic Has ‘Greatly Deteriorated’, Security Council Told as Senior Official Stresses Violence, Atrocities Must Stop

The situation in the Central African Republic had “greatly deteriorated” following a spate of attacks on 5 December that had triggered further unrest in the strife-torn country, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, urging those in positions of influence — including the 15-member organ — to do more towards ending the violence.