{{The Secretary General of the UN , Ban Ki- moon arrived Saturday in Bangui for a visit in a show of determination of the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force for peace in Central Africa.}}
En route to Kigali , where he will participate in ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, Mr. Ban was welcomed at the airport by CAR interim President Catherine Samba Panza.
He was scheduled to meet with Panza to discuss ways to end the cycle of intercommunal and interreligious violence that has scarred the country for a year and led UN officials to raise the specter of a new genocide in Africa.
Secretary General – ” terrified of a new Rwanda ,” said a diplomat at the UN – must also deliver a speech to the National Transitional Council ( NTC interim parliament ) to renew its call for an international mobilization.
Supported by France – which has deployed a force of 2 . 000 men in its former colony to help the African Standby Force ( Misca ) to pacify the country – the Secretary General calls for deployment by the end of 2014 a UN operation in Central Africa , added 12,000 troops.
During the EU-Africa summit on wednesday, Ban Ki -moon urged the international community to ” provide the necessary additional troops and funds .”
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