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Daily Monitor
Uganda, a key ally of Washington in the restive Great Lakes region, was one of the few countries to support the invasion of Iraq in March of 2002. Uganda’s “abstain” vote during the UN General Assembly’s emergency session on Wednesday elicited mixed reactions from the public, with some puzzled about the government’s neutrality amidst a full blown conflict between Russia and its former Soviet territory, Ukraine. The emergency session was called by the UN Security Council (UNSC)—the world body’s most powerful organ—to sample the appetite for an immediate cessation of violence and withdrawal of t…