[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban presses Iraq to open dialogue as conflict threatens to widen

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN's Amos: Funding shortages curtail aid efforts Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   June 17, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban presses Iraq to open dialogue as conflict threatens to widen United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon continues to press the Iraqi government to engage in dialogue, and he and other experts fear the sectarian conflict could go beyond Iraq. Vitit Muntarbhorn, who took part in a UN investigation, says: "We are possibly on the cusp of a regional war, and that is something we're very concerned about." 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