'United Nations Wants to Use Drones'

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""Unarmed aerial vehicles, drones for monitoring the movements of armed groups, are one tool we are considering."

The spokesman, Kieran Dwyer, insists the U.N.'s use of drones would be done carefully.

"Of course, we would do this carefully, in full cooperation with the government..., and trialing their most effective uses for information gathering to help implement our mandate to protect civilians," says the spokesman.

"Ultimately, to introduce these, we would need the support of member states to equip the mission."

An unnamed diplomat says, "The UN has approached a number of countries, including the United States and France, about providing drones which could clearly play a valuable role monitoring the frontier. ... Clearly there will be political considerations though."