March 5, 2014 marks the
closure of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) and a transition to a
standard UN presence through a Country Office. But as we celebrate almost
fifteen years of UN commitment to lasting peace in Sierra Leone, it is
important to note that many lives could have been saved and perhaps a decade of
carnage prevented in the country had the UN intervened earlier. Sierra
Leoneans, like we are currently witnessing in Syria,...
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