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Brian Higgins: There are almost 200,000 civilians in the six U.N. peacekeeping bases and many of them would not be alive today if not…

On the recordSeptember 19, 2016
There are almost 200,000 civilians in the six U.N. peacekeeping bases and many of them would not be alive today if not for the U.N.'s presence.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins highlights the necessity of U.N. presence for civilian survival in South Sudan.

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