United Nations & Genocide

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Listen Monday, May. 14, 2007 at 1:24 p.m. in Conflict, Politics

It's a catch-22. The United Nation tries to be a World Policeman, but it doesn't really have the will or the resources to do the job. Join Kojo for a look at the politics of peacekeeping and why the United Nations seems to be ignoring lessons learned from Bosnia and Rwanda.

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Adam LeBor

Central European Correspondent for The London Times, and author of "Complicity with Evil": The United Nations in the Age of Modern Genocide (Yale Univ. Press);

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