15 Ambassadors From The UN Security Council Expected In Cameroon Today

Some members of the UN security Council shall be arriving Cameroon today 2nd of March 2017 where human right abuses, the Boko Haram insurgency, climate change and poor governance have collided to create one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.The 15 ambassadors from the UN's top decision-making body hope to draw global attention to the emergency affecting 21 million people across four countries: Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger.The visit could also pave the way to stronger action by the Security Council to address alleged human rights violations by Cameroon security forces in the Anglophone areas of the country.

The visit begins in Cameroon a week after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres set off alarm bells over the threat of famine in northeast Nigeria, the epicenter of the Boko Haram conflict.

The United Nations is seeking $1.5 billion in funding for 2017 for the Lake Chad region -- almost half of which is needed for northeast Nigeria, where 5.1 million people face acute food shortages.The visit begins in Cameroon a week after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres set off alarm bells over the threat of famine in northeast Nigeria, the epicenter of the Boko Haram conflict.

The United Nations is seeking $1.5 billion in funding for 2017 for the Lake Chad region -- almost half of which is needed for northeast Nigeria, where 5.1 million people face acute food shortages.

Mark Bareta writes:

It should be recalled that Cameroun Foreign Minister while addressing the UN Human Rights Council made some declarations which are all lies.

1. He said all grievances of Lawyers and Teachers have been sorted out. This is a big lie.
2. He said we are extremists looking for problems and a host of others.
3. That through government actions, things are going back to normal

Tapang Ivo analyses the rule of the UN security council:

The Security Council responds to crises around the world on a case-by-case basis and it has a range of options at its disposal. It takes many different factors into account when considering the establishment of the new peacekeeping operation, including:

1. Whether there is a ceasefire in place and the parties have committed themselves to a peace process intended to reach a political settlement;