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UN's top job: A good way to make enemies

Morocco attacks Ban Ki-moon for taking sides in the long-running Saharan territorial dispute.

Nevil Gibson
Tue, 05 Apr 2016

Whoever becomes the next UN Secretary-General on January 1 next year will need a thick skin and a strong sense of diplomatic impunity.

Many consider the post as little more than ceremonial, given the real power in the UN rests with the five permanent nations of the Security Council.

But this

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Nevil Gibson
Tue, 05 Apr 2016
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