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Barack Obama: “Preventing mass atrocities is a responsibility that all nations share.”

On the recordAugust 3, 2011
Preventing mass atrocities is a responsibility that all nations share.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Fact Sheet: President Obama Directs New Steps to Prevent Mass Atrocities and Impose Consequences on Serious Human Rights...

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