[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban asks Security Council to consider actions against CAR

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN asks people with disabilities to weigh in on disaster plans Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   August 12, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban asks Security Council to consider actions against CAR United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the Security Council to consider actions such as sanctions or creating a panel of experts to help curb lawlessness in the Central African Republic. At least 1.6 million people in CAR need humanitarian aid including food, water, shelter and health care. "This is unacceptable. The plight of the people of the CAR must be brought to an end," Ban says. 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