Responding to concerns about the alleged inability of MONUSCO, Ban Ki-moon said that there is clear misunderstanding of the mandate of MONUSCO.
He said the primary responsibility of protecting the Congolese people lies with the Congolese government.
MONUSCO has a mandate of peace keeping and not fighting rebel groups.
He said following concerns from the region about the UN peacekeeping force, he is in consultation with the UN Security Council members.
"We are now looking at a different approach of how we can strengthen the capacity of MONUSCO, how we can more effectively and efficient address the crisis when it happens," he said.
Regional countries late last year agreed that a 4,000 strong man force be deployed in eastern DRC to hunt down the different local and foreign rebel groups. However the region deploys the troops it has to seek endorsement from the AU and the UN Security Council.
Although the AU supports the deployment of the African led Neutral International Force, there are concerns that the mandate of MONUSCO should be upgraded to peace enforcement instead of having a parallel force.
There are also views that the proposed Neutral International Force be deployed under MONUSCO but with different operation procedures.
All these were proposals to the heads of state but they did not agree on which one after they agreed to suspend the discussions on the resolution of the crisis.
Great Lakes region leaders have been meeting since July last year when fighting erupted in eastern DRC forcing hundreds displacing over 475,000 people and forcing over 75,000 others to flee to neighboring Rwanda and Uganda.
Since the start of their meetings and the ongoing Ugandan mediated peace talks between the Congolese government and the M23, there has been some semblance calm in the war torn area.
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