( CNN ) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is questioning the effectiveness of the manhunt for fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord 's Resistance Army , saying African Union troops are short on equipment , food and transportation . In a 14-page report to the U.N. Security Council , Ban urged member nations to provide the needed resources , warning the troops would be able to carry out their mission . `` The initiative itself lacks adequate and predictable funding for its operations . Without the necessary resources , the African Union will be unable to execute this important task fully , '' Ban said in the report released Thursday . The African Union stepped up efforts this year to capture Kony , deploying 5,000 troops in March after a resurgence in attacks by the group left thousands dead and displaced 445,000 people in Uganda , South Sudan , the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic , according to U.N. estimates . Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court at the Hague for war crimes and crimes against humanity , stemming in part from allegations of his vicious tactics to conscript children as soldiers and sex slaves in his army . President Barack Obama ordered 100 troops to central Africa last year to help in the hunt for Kony . The troops are advising regional forces . The four countries targeted by Kony 's army have contributed troops to the manhunt , though Ban warned they are woefully short on resources . `` The political will notwithstanding , the national authorities highlighted implementation challenges , including the need for additional resources , equipment , training , transportation and food rations to enable troops to mount effective operations against LRA , '' Ban said , according to the report . Ban said the troops face additional challenges , including the need for the armies and governments of the affected countries to work jointly , both on a political and military level . The U.N. Security Council is awaiting a proposal -- by members of the United Nations , the African Union and other countries -- that spells out a strategy to combat Kony . The proposal , according to Ban 's report , is expected to address how to better protect civilians from the attacks as well as disarm , repatriate and resettle those displaced by Kony and his army . Kony led a failed uprising against the government of Uganda and was pushed out of the nation six years ago . He has been moving around other countries in the region ever since . Stories of Kony 's alleged atrocities date to the 1980s in northern Uganda and include accusations of slicing off ears , noses and limbs of his victims . There are reports of child soldiers brainwashed into killing their own parents . The U.S. has listed the LRA as a terrorist group and in October , Washington authorized the Special Operations trainers and military advisers to assist African forces searching for Kony and other leaders of the LRA . The activities of the group are tracked on a website that uses information from the Invisible Children 's Early Warning Radio Network , U.N. agencies and local nongovernmental organizations to map and document recent crimes . A celebrity-backed video that went viral this year helped make Kony 's alleged crimes more widely known . The half-hour documentary `` KONY 2012 '' was viewed more than 89 million times on YouTube , but the video also spurred a flurry of questions about its producers ' intentions , their transparency and whether the social-media frenzy was too little , too late .
Ban Ki - Moon says the African Union forces are short on resources . Joseph Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court . He is accused of crimes against humanity for the alleged use of child soldiers . He stands accused of conscripting children as soldiers and sex slaves .