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UN welcomes deployment of force to fight extremists in Sahel

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday welcoming the deployment of a 5,000-strong African force to fight the growing threat from extremists in the vast Sahel region after it was watered down to meet US demands.

 

France's UN Ambassador Francois Delattre called it "a landmark resolution" that brings "strong and decisive support" from the UN's most powerful body to the five countries contributing troops—Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and Chad.

 

The United States is trying to cut $1 billion from the UN peacekeeping budget and wanted to ensure that the measure did not open the possibility of new costs.

 


פרסום ראשון: 06.21.17, 19:30