Last month, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the peacekeepers' pullout from South Kivu province in June left critical gaps, and the Security Council shouldn't authorize further withdrawals until there's a plan to mitigate them.
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"The most vulnerable around the world are counting on us to make progress, to make change, to bring about a sense of hope for them," she said.
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