The European Union, which has been asked to supply the bulk of soldiers that will be part of a new deployment by the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has so far turned a mostly deaf ear to the appeal, as the UN signs a one-year extension of its peacekeeping mandate.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 23 December 2008 at 8:26 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 23 December 2008.
Filed under: World news
Tags: DR Congo, mandate extension, UN peacekeeping troops, United Nations
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