AP interview: Divisions among the world’s powerful nations are undermining UN efforts to end crises

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FILE - Jean-Pierre Lacroix, U.N. under-secretary-general for peace operations, speaks at the U.N. Peacekeeping ministerial meeting at the Accra International Conference Center in Ghana, Dec. 6, 2023. Lacroix said in an interview with The Associated Press that deep divisions, especially among the worlds most powerful nations, have significantly undermined what the United Nations can do to help nations move from conflict to peace. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File) TANZANIA – Deep divisions especially among the world’s most powerful nations have significantly undermined what the United Nations can do to help nations move from conflict to peace, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said....