Report 20140325A
Date
March 25, 2014
Administration
Barack Obama (Second Term)Location
South Sudan Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo UgandaWas 4(a)(1) Triggered? (Hostilities/Imminent Hostilities)
No, as described in/inferred from report
Was 4(a)(2) Triggered? (Combat- Equipped Introduction)
No, as described in/inferred from report
Was 4(a)(3) Triggered? (Substantial Enlargement)
Yes, described in/inferred from report
Joint/Coalition Mission
Yes
Details: “regional forces from the African Union’s Regional Task Force”
Article 51 Report to UN
Not applicable because no self-defense claim
Constitutional Caveat
No
Classified Annex Reported
Yes
Purpose/Mission
Advise/AssistDetails: “to support regional forces from the African Union’s Regional Task Force that are working to apprehend or remove Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and other senior leaders from the battlefield and to protect local populations”
Domestic Legal Authority
Constitution (Art. II)Details: “This deployment is in furtherance of the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, including the policy expressed in the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009, Public Law 111-172, enacted May 24, 2010. I have approved this deployment pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive.”
Claimed International Legal Basis
Consent of territorial stateDetails: Deployment is “to enhance U.S. support to these regional forces”
Estimated Scope/Duration
Mission-bound but indeterminate
Details: “During these deployments, the number of U.S. Armed Forces deployed to the central Africa region will fluctuate, and may increase to as many as approximately 300.”
Type of Enemy or Mission
Non-state actorDetails: Lord’s Resistance Army
Military Activity
Air operations Use of ground forcesDetails: “U.S. aircraft, aircrews, and support personnel deployed to central Africa…. The approximately 150 additional personnel will principally operate and maintain U.S. aircraft to provide air mobility support to foreign partner forces”
US Casualties Reported
Unknown
Non-US Casualties Reported
Unknown
Reporting as it Relates to Termination Clock
N/A because not a hostilities-triggered report
