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/ 9 December 2009
The UN Security Council faces a major headache in the DRC, where it must extend but perhaps also rethink the mandate of a UN peacekeeping force.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon is in Burma on a mission to press the ruling junta to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.
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/ 20 December 2008
A 16-year arms embargo against Somalia has been constantly violated with weapons mainly coming from Yemen and financed by Eritrea, a UN report says.
Under pressure from the United States to take a bigger role in stabilising Iraq, the United Nations agreed on Friday to expand its mission despite unrelenting violence that could complicate its work. The 15-member UN Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 1770, which calls for the UN mission to ”advise, support and assist” the Iraqi government.
Ban Ki-moon of South Korea takes over as United Nations Secretary General on Monday, facing numerous crises across the globe as well as the challenging task of reforming the United Nations itself. The 62-year-old diplomat’s handling of the reform, launched in 2005 by his predecessor Kofi Annan, will be closely watched by UN members, notably the most powerful, the United States, which strongly backed his candidacy.