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In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, and released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official in the country Toby Lanzer, left, makes a visit to assess the humanitarian situation at the U.N. compound where many displaced have sought shelter in Bentiu, in oil-rich Unity state, in South Sudan. (AP Photo/UNMISS, Anna Adhikari)

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The United States United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power listens as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. The U.N. Security Council voted to temporarily increase the U.N. peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan to 12,500 troops from 7,000, a nearly 80 percent increase. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the media following a U.N. Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. The Security Council voted to temporarily increase the U.N. peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan to 12,500 troops from 7,000, a nearly 80 percent increase. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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In this photo released by the World Food Programme (WFP), a displaced woman and child receive food assistance from workers of WFP and non-governmental organizations such as Oxfam, right, at the U.N. compound where she has taken shelter in Juba, South Sudan Tuesday, Dec. 24th, 2013. South Sudan's military spokesman says there is increasing tension at a United Nations camp in the rebel-held city of Bor because armed elements have entered the congested area where the U.N. says about 17,000 civilians are seeking protection. (AP Photo/WFP, George Fominyen)