For instance giving the prize to Mikhail Gorbachev for changing the world completely and now to President Obama who is contributing to improve the international climate, to strengthen the international bodies such as the U.N.

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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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