That is why we must strengthen U.N. and regional peacekeeping, and not leave the task to a few countries.

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Now, I know that part of Ambassador Rice's mission is to strengthen the U.N.

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Under a tentative peace deal, al-Bashir agreed in November to a three-phase U.N. plan to strengthen the overstretched, 7, 000-strong African Union force in Darfur.

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And so the other major provision in this resolution is really to enlarge and strengthen a contingent of U.N. troops known as UNIFIL. And they're already in southern Lebanon, a small contingent, about 2, 000 right now.

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Sharif will also need to strengthen his party's links to economic and political stakeholders outside of Punjab, where the PML-N has a smaller presence than the other regional parties.

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