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U.N. Troops Expected In Haiti For Another Year

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

On a Friday, it's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

And I'm Renee Montagne.

The U.N. Security Council will decide next week whether to extend the peacekeeping mission it's had in Haiti since 2004, when a violent uprising forced its then-president into exile.

INSKEEP: The Security Council will likely approve Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's recommendation to keep a reduced force of around 6,000 peacekeepers there for another year. The secretary general says Haiti remains at risk of political instability and needs the added security as it struggles to deal with high rates of unemployment and poverty. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.