 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said the agency welcomed the " unprecedented " initiative to " end the atrocities in the region " and urged all involved to respect human rights and minimize risk to civilians . AU counter @-@ terrorism envoy Francisco Madeira said , " We need to stop Kony . " The ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo voiced confidence that the video will " produce the arrest of Joseph Kony this year , " adding : " That is the impact of the campaign . " However , Patrick Wegner , an academic at the Max Planck Research School on Successful Dispute Resolution in International Law , claimed it was " plain wrong " to suggest the AU action was prompted solely by Kony 2012 , saying that " the idea is a lot older than the Kony 2012 video " as the plans for forming an anti @-@ LRA regional military force have been first reported in international news media in 2010 . 
