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UN Peacekeepers

These days it takes months to get United Nations Peacekeepers into action. But when the first force was launched in 1956 it only took days to get it off the ground. Sir Brian Urquhart tells Witness about his part in its creation

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Wed 16 Dec 200908:50GMT
BBC World Service Online

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  • Wed 16 Dec 200900:50GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Wed 16 Dec 200908:50GMT
    BBC World Service Online

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