Engagement with cluster approach

In some operations, UN missions have played a direct role in the cluster approach. In Afghanistan and the DRC, missions have played a direct role as protection cluster co-lead. Conversely, in South Sudan, UNMIS was rarefy engaged with the protection cluster. The involvement of peacekeeping and political missions in the work of the clusters remains controversial, but arguably, this tension between the political and military and the humanitarian needs to be overcome if action to promote protection of civilians is to advance. 

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