An opposition boycott of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-endorsed parliamentary elections scheduled for December 20, 2018, for example, could increase the risk of violence on election day.
Greenfield warns about potential violence due to opposition actions in upcoming elections.
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Well, first and foremost, the Russians need to understand that this is not going to be business as usual for them. They have attacked their neighbor. They have attacked the core -- the soul -- of the U.N. charter. They have attacked all of…
So, we don`t want to treat them, even though they are a permanent member of the security council, they are not behaving with the responsibility that we would expect of a permanent member of the Security Council.
No child should have to go to bed hungry, and that is what we are working together to do.
We`re not going to let Russia get away with lying to the world or staining the integrity of the Security Council by using this forum as a venue for legitimizing Putin`s violence.
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