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| U.N. Approves 12,000 Peacekeepers for Central African Republic |
| 2014-04-11 |
| [An Nahar] The Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to send 12,000 U.N. peacekeepers to Central African Republic, where violence between Christians and Moslems has triggered fears of genocide. The resolution, submitted by La Belle France, will deploy up to 10,000 military personnel and 1,800 police to the former French colony, where sectarian violence has killed thousands in the last year. The U.N. peacekeeping mission is scheduled to take over on September 15 from 2,000 French and 6,000 African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... soldiers already in place. The resolution was adopted by the 15-member Council by a show of hands in a vote called by Nigeria, which holds the body's rotating presidency. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... , Samantha Power and British ambassador Mark Lyall Grant both welcomed the vote in personal messages on Twitter. The resolution authorizes French soldiers to "use all necessary means" to provide support to the U.N. Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). |
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