A neutral security force is urgently needed to help restore the stability and counter the absence of law and order in the Central African Republic (CAR), a United Nations envoy today told the Security Council, while also calling on the body to consider sanctions against rebel groups for gross violations of human rights.
Margaret Vogt, Special Representative for the Secretary-General presented the UN chief's latest report to the Council, in which he describes the situation in CAR as "horrifying and intolerable." The report also urges the international community to "send a strong message to Séléka leaders that there is no impunity for murder, looting, and unconstitutional changes of Government."
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