UN extends mandate for UN peacekeepers in Western Sahara, with Algeria protesting over human rights

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UN extends mandate for UN peacekeepers in Western Sahara, with Algeria protesting over human rights
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The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Western Sahara for another year Thursday with Algeria refusing to vote in protest at the resolution’s failure to include a reference to monitoring human rights in the disputed north African territory.

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Algeria’s U.N. Ambassador Amar Bendjama tried unsuccessfully to get two amendments inserted into the U.S.-drafted resolution, and lashed out at the United States for reportedly not including its requests including for the U.N. mission known as MINURSO to monitor human rights in Western Sahara in the resolution.

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