The Morning Call
Countries opposed to the investigations of human rights abuse based on gender and sexual orientation by the united nations have once again failed to remove the independent expert tasked with the role. June saw the united nations vote to install Thai professor Vitit Muntarbhorn but countries like Burkina Faso including Russia and china have been pushing for an amendment that will scrape off the role where 77 voted for Vitit to lose his job while 84 voted to keep him.
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UN Security Council divided over Israel’s recognition of Somaliland
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UN Chief urges world leaders to choose peace over war in new year message
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CAR deploys armed forces and MINUSCA to secure elections
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UN condemns deadly drone strike on peacekeepers in Sudan’s Kordofan
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Femicide not officially recognised in Kenya despite rising cases
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UN chief calls on Eritrea, Ethiopia to respect border pact on its 25th anniversary