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The United Nations-African Union 'hybrid force' consists of two 'packages' - one 'light', one 'heavy' - and is in three phases. Through the UN Mission in Sudan, which works largely in the South, the US$21 million light package provides non-lethal, badly needed, support such as telephones and radios. UNMIS is also providing 105 military staff officers, 33 police advisors and 48 civilian staff to the AU Mission in Sudan....

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Congo-Kinshasa, Central African Republic, Somalia, Sweden, Jan Eliasson, Ban Ki-moon, Jan Pronk, Mustafa Osman Ismail, Mr. Smile, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, Iran, Russia, China

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