A soldier stands in front of a "Shadow" Unmanned Aerial System during an official presentation by the German and U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at the U.S. military base in Vilseck-Grafenwoehr in October. Radio Free Europe
UN Urges Transparency Over US Drone Deaths -- Al Jazeera
UN report says clandestine nature of US drone strikes hinders evaluation of their impact on civilians.
The United Nations has said that at least 450 civilians may have been killed by US drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, a figure which the US has previously downplayed.
A UN report, obtained by Al Jazeera on Friday, stated that Pakistan’s government had confirmed at least 400 civilian deaths as a result of US drone strikes, in stark contrast to what US officials had publicly acknowledged previously.
The report found that one of the major obstacles in obtaining accurate figures on civilian deaths was the lack of transparency by the countries involved, which has prompted a cauldron of legal issues that are yet to be addressed by UN-member states.
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Lack of transparency over US drone deaths muddies legal status, says UN -- Al Jazeera
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