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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres

India warns of possible United Nations peacekeeping 'tragedy'

Citing the conditions under which peacekeepers operate in the DRC, India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin told the Security Council on Tuesday: "The strategy of peacekeepers needing to do more with less is setting us all up for a tragedy." Nov 21, 2018
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Child mortality rate steadily decreasing in India, UN study finds

However, as per the report released by Unicef, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Population Division and the World Bank Group, an estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017 and the vast majority of these deaths -- 5.4 million -- occurred in the first five years of life, with newborns accounting for around half of the deaths. Sep 18, 2018
An election worker hangs a banner outside a classroom at a school in Phnom Penh

Cambodia prepares for election marred by criticism

The sixth election in the history of Cambodia is set to begin on Sunday and preparations are on in full swing despite the UN and US threatening sanctions over the unfair elections after the main opposition party was dissolved last year. Jul 28, 2018
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