[RED DEMOCRATICA] Security Council resolution on CAR passes

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN treaty on mercury will help curb pollution in poor countries Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 10, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Security Council resolution on CAR passes The United Nations Security Council today voted to approve a draft resolution that calls for supporting an African Union peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic and other measures to stabilize the country. 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