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Soldiers line up at the United Nations Peace Operations Training Center (CECOPAZ) before the arrival of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Feb. 26, 2015. The organization is marking the 75th anniversary of U.N. peacekeeping and observing the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)

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UN peacekeeping on 75th anniversary: successes, failures and challenges ahead in a divided world
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Thu,05/25/23-1:01AM , 158 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the 75th anniversary of U.N. peacekeeping, the United Nations chief said Thursday that peacekeepers are increasingly working in places where there is no peace and praised the more than 4,200 who have given their lives to the cause of peace since the U.N. authorized its first military deployment in 1948.
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UN: Africa's Sahel desperately needs help to fight violent extremism and stop its spread
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Tue,05/16/23-4:39PM , 213 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads, and a senior U.N.
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A group of Arab refugees walks along a road from Jerusalem to Lebanon, carrying their belongings with them on Nov. 9, 1948. The group was driven from their homes by attacks in Galilee. For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus, an action stemming from the U.N.’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)

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Abbas urges UN to suspend Israel during first commemoration of 1948 flight of the Palestinians
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Sun,05/14/23-11:15PM , 196 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the United Nations on Monday to suspend Israel’s membership unless it implements resolutions establishing separate Jewish and Arab states and allows the return of Palestinian refugees.
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Afghan people walk pass the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque during the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Thu,04/27/23-4:36PM , 619 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.
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