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- GAZA ASSAULT - Israeli-Palestinian conflict - United Nations


'Ban’s trip to the Middle-East comes too late'
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The UN’s calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza have so far gone unheeded. Can the UN wield any influence on the conflict's outcome? International affairs specialist Philippe Moreau-Defarges answered FRANCE 24’s questions.
By Gaëlle LE ROUX (text)
FRANCE 24 (video)
Philippe Moreau-Defarges, a geopolitics and international affairs specialist, is a researcher at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifir) and a professor at Sciences-Po university in Paris. He spoke to FRANCE 24 to shed some light on the complex role of the United Nations in the Middle-East conflict.

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