New York– In an effort to help protect international aid workers from attacks, the U.N. Security Council August 26 unanimously adopted a resolution calling attacks against peacekeepers and humanitarian personnel ”war crimes” and urging nations to ensure that such crimes not go unpunished. ”I can think of no issue about which I feel more strongly,
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New York– A ministerial delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) told the Security Council August 27 that the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers on October 1 is vital to the peace process in Liberia. The ECOWAS delegation, headed by the foreign minister of Ghana, presented a report to the council one week
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