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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Russia vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Sudan
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Sudan keeps key aid crossing from Chad open to keep humanitarian aid flowing
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Climate adaption: Unfulfilled pledges mean “lost lives and denied development” – UN chief
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South Sudan's peace monitoring body meets to discuss election postponement
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UN extends Western Sahara mission amidst abstentions and Algerian protest
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Widespread condemnation of Israel's decision to ban UN relief agency