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In Somalia in the east, the problem is whether to send in the U.N. blue helmets; in Liberia in the west, the problem is how soon to take them out; in between, in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan, there are problems of how existing forces can cope with the challenges they face. All these issues feed in to the wider question of how U.N. forces can fulfill their mandate of protecting civilians in countries where -- with the possible exception of Liberia -- the combatants have not really decided to stop fighting. "Millions have suffered the disastrous effects of armed conflict in each of these African countries," Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said this week. "The Security Council should urgently address serious human rights abuses with national leaders and the African Union." The envoys from the 15 Security Council states, who were due to arrive in Addis Ababa late Friday, will meet the African Union's Peace and Security Council before traveling on to Rwanda, Congo and Liberia. They will not go to Somalia or Sudan but will discuss those countries with the African Union. No country dramatizes the U.N.'s challenge better than Congo, which has 17,000 blue helmets, the world body's largest force. But after a decade of peacekeeping, it remains mired in violence fueled by politics, ethnicity and mineral wealth. The conflict has left 5 million dead since 1998. In the short term, the United Nations wants to boost its force, known as MONUC, to some 20,000 following criticism that it failed to curb violence and protect civilians last year. Reinforcements were approved in November but, apart from some Bangladeshis, Egyptians and Jordanians, they, and helicopters needed to support them, have been hard to find. HANDING OVER Assuming gains made ending a Tutsi rebellion hold, the U.N. now talks about drawing down and handing over to civil agencies, possibly after national elections in due at the end of 2011. "I hope the consolidation of the security situation in the east will allow us in the near future to progressively reduce MONUC's presence across the whole country and prepare our departure," MONUC chief Alan Doss told the council last month. But U.N. troops remain committed in the east to supporting government operations against Rwandan Hutu and Ugandan rebels, which have provoked further accusations of failing to protect. Consequently, U.N. officials say any pullout is still some time away. "It's very, very fragile still," one said. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: About 300 foreigners fighting Somali government: U.N. 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