Swiss rebuff UN
In a blow for government foreign policy and a victory for defenders of strict neutrality, Swiss voters rejected plans to provide UN peace-keepers, AP reports from Geneva. Official results showed that 57.3 per cent of the electorate voted against a proposed constitutional amendment which would have allowed for the dispatch of 600 'blue helmets'.
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