The force has a robust mandate to protect civilians.
"They have a mandate to protect the civilian population," he said.
"NATO's resolve is in its mandate to protect the civilian population".
Our first and foremost national park has a mandate to protect wildlife and the ecosystem.
And in Libya, when the Security Council provided a mandate to protect civilians, America joined a coalition that took action.
The first contingent of 150 African Union peacekeepers arrived in Darfur, with a mandate to protect AU observers.
This sort of incident causes headaches for the UNHCR, which "has a mandate to protect refugees [but not] a mandate to protect nationals who are misrepresenting themselves as refugees," says Hopkins.
A flood of small arms and light weapons undermines the 17,000 United Nations troops' mandate to protect civilians.
"The mission has the mandate to protect civilians," Mr. Guéhenno said, "and that responsibility does not end at sunset".
Americans must demand United States leadership in securing an expansion of peacekeeping troops with a full mandate to protect civilians.
There has already been talk of giving peacekeepers on the ground a more aggressive mandate to protect civilians.
