[RED DEMOCRATICA] Security Council approves peacekeeping force for CAR

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Pillay: Impunity for conflict sexual violence must end in DR Congo Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   April 10, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Security Council approves peacekeeping force for CAR The United Nations Security Council today authorized a UN peacekeeping force of as many as 10,000 soldiers and 1,800 police to help restore order in the Central African Republic. Separately, sectarian fighting in the city of Dekoa left 30 people dead, while two French peacekeepers were injured in the capital, Bangui. 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