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The United Nations has led 76 investigations in the past 55 years

With demands growing for the U.N. chief to appoint an investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's murder, a review by Arete News found just eight previous instances of such an order.

Nonviolence sculpture, also known as "the knotted gun," at U.N. headquarters in New York
Nonviolence sculpture, also known as "the knotted gun," at U.N. headquarters in New York (AN/Jim Bowen)

UNITED NATIONS (AN) — Amid growing calls on the U.N. secretary-general to order an independent investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's killing, a review by Arete News found just eight previous instances of a secretary-general issuing such an order since 1963. The last was in 2010, in the wake of Sri Lanka's civil war.

One week after Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war ended, the U.N. secretary-general and a handful of reporters flew halfway around the world to inspect the sandy coastal strip where separatist Tamil Tigers made a last stand.

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