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Security Council to vote at 2300 GMT on UN police presence in Burundi

UNITED NATIONS, United States, (APP/AFP) –
The UN Security Council will meet at 2300 GMT on Friday to vote on a French draft resolution that would lay the groundwork for a UN police presence to help quell violence in Burundi, diplomats said.
The measure would request that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
report back to the council in 15 days with options for the deployment of the police presence.