I know, I know, it's always 'offensive' but they are given a military mandate
I read that to see 'let's see if we can get away with avoiding national requirements on going to war this way'.The U.N. Security Council authorized a new "intervention brigade" for Congo on Thursday with an unprecedented mandate to take military action against rebel groups to help bring peace to the country's conflict-wracked east.
The resolution, which the council adopted unanimously, gives the brigade a mandate to carry out offensive operations alone or with Congolese army troops to neutralize and disarm armed groups.
The intervention brigade is unprecedented in U.N. peacekeeping because of its offensive mandate.
The resolution however states clearly that it would be established for one year "on an exceptional basis and without creating a precedent" to the principles of U.N. peacekeeping.
Guatemala's U.N. Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, expressed concern about getting the United Nations into "peace enforcement" which could compromise U.N. neutrality.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/s...7#.UVSAEhe87To
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