AFP: UN moves to prevent 'possible genocide' in Burundi
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations moved Thursday to pull Burundi back from the brink of "possible genocide," adopting a resolution that called for urgent talks and laid the groundwork for peacekeepers to be sent to stop the killings.
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted the French-drafted measure that strongly condemned the wave of killings, torture, arrests and other rights violations in the central African nation.
The resolution requested that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon present options to the council within 15 days on "the future presence of the United Nations in Burundi" to help end the crisis.
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UN Condemns Burundi Killings, Threatens Possible Sanctions -- NYT/AP
UN Security Council Urges End to Violence in Burundi -- VOA
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