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  2. United Nations peacekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Total size of United Nations peacekeeping forces, 1947 to 2014 [14] In 2007, a peacekeeper volunteer was required to be older than age 25 with no maximum age limit. [15] Peacekeeping forces are contributed by member states on a voluntary basis.

  3. Sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian response

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    The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, (MINUSCA), is faced with accusations of SEA. [8] [9] Though some of the allegations of SEA in the Central African Republic (CAR) date before the UN intervention, the wide perception of the populace is that the UN forces are to blame. A research article on ...

  4. Humanitarian intervention - Wikipedia

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    Humanitarian intervention is a concept that can allow the use of force in a situation when the UN Security Council cannot pass a resolution under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations due to veto by a permanent member or due to not achieving 9 affirmative votes. Chapter VII allows the Security Council to take action in situations ...

  5. Timeline of United Nations peacekeeping missions - Wikipedia

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    The 1990s saw the most UN peacekeeping operations to date. Peacekeeping operations are overseen by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and share some common characteristics, namely the inclusion of a military or police component, often with an authorization for use of force under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations . [ 2 ]

  6. Chlamydia could make koalas extinct. Can a vaccine save them ...

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    Currumbin has also been vaccinating every koala which comes through their hospital, and have reached about 400 koalas this way. But treating and vaccinating each koala with chlamydia costs them ...

  7. List of United Nations peacekeeping missions - Wikipedia

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    Current Missions Past Missions UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. IDP camp in Sudan resulting from the Darfur conflict.. This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.

  8. 11 UN peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation, abuse in ...

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    Eleven U.N. peacekeepers stationed in Central African Republic have been accused of sexual exploitation and abuse, the United Nations said Friday. Investigations were still underway, but ...

  9. Use of force in international law - Wikipedia

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    The use of force by states is controlled by both customary international law and by treaty law. [1] The UN Charter reads in article 2(4): . All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.