John Bolton, the US national security adviser, was surprised of the UN mission’s failure to achieve progress 27 years after its establishment.
In a speech on the new US strategy on Africa at Heritage Studies, Bolton said the resources spent during this period on the UN mission should have been directed at improving the conditions of citizens in the region, stressing that US economic assistance In order to ensure that results come from behind them. “Our goal is to resolve conflicts, not to freeze them indefinitely,” he said.