US ready to beef up UN peacekeeping operations
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The United States is prepared to provide more military observers, police and civilian staff to beef up the UN's far-flung peacekeeping operations, the US ambassador said Monday.
The United Nations has nearly 115,000 troops, police and civilians deployed in 16 peacekeeping missions from Africa and the Mideast to Cyprus, Kosovo, Western Sahara and Haiti, but it has had trouble finding soldiers, helicopters and other key assets for several important operations. (AP)
