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UN Secretary-General wants rapid reaction force

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    According to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, various African presidents have been trying to help resolve the crisis, including Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Alpha Konare of Mali, Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso and Muammar Qadhafi of Libya.

    Annan said at a press conference on Thursday in New York that “ideally, one would like to see a Rapid Reaction Force go in to assist” but that this could only happen if the countries with the capacity to contribue to such a force were prepared to do so. However, the BBC reported on Friday that Britain and the United States, for example, were not willing to contribute troops to such a force.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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