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The United Nations announced that 24 of its peacekeepers and one of its civilian staff were killed in deliberate attacks last year.
The Associated Press quoted the “Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of International Civilian Organs” of the “United Nations Staff Union” as saying that “eight peacekeepers were killed in Togo, four from Chad, three from Ivory Coast, three from Egypt and one each from Rwanda, Burundi, Congo and Gabon.” Malawi and Morocco, and the civil servant is from Congo.
"Once again, the UN staff, especially the blue helmets who serve in the most dangerous places in the world, are paying a heavy price... No one has been arrested and sentenced for such crimes," said UN Staff Federation chief Aitor Araoz, urging "governments to do everything possible." its efforts to protect UN personnel and prosecute the killers.”
According to the Union, the death toll of United Nations and associated personnel has so far reached 462 people who were killed in deliberate attacks during the past 11 years, after being targeted with explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades, artillery fire, mortars, landmines, ambushes, convoy attacks, suicide attacks and assassinations.
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