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June 2016
GENERAL ASSEMBLY: ‘United Nations General Assembly: Most awkward moments, in pictures’, The Telegraph, 1 October 2015. DEVELOPMENT: ‘Ad chiefs unite to support U.N. Sustainable Development Program’, Wall Street Journal, 23 June 2016 REFUGEES: ‘Refugees, Displaced People Surpass 60 Million For First Time, UNHCR Says’, NPR, 20 June 2016 HUMAN AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS: 'On World Day, Ban declares era of impunity 'over' for sexual violence in war', UN News Centre, 19 June 2016 HUMAN AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS: ‘Security council breaks precedent in condemning targeting of gays’, New York Times, 14 June 2016 SECRETARY-GENERAL: ‘Saudi Arabia's row with Ban Ki-moon over Yemen marks new low in UN relationship’, Guardian, 10 June 2016 SECRETARY-GENERAL: ‘United Nations Chief Exposes Limits to his Authority by Citing Saudi Threat’, New York Times, 9 June 2016; and ‘U.N. chief blasts Saudi pressure after Yemen coalition blacklisting’, Reuters, 9 June 2016 SECURITY COUNCIL: ‘Security Council strongly condemns recent failed ballistic missile launches by DPR Korea’, UN News Centre, 1 June 2016, and ‘U.N. council condemns North Korea missile launches, threatens action’, Reuters, 1 June 2016 PEACEKEEPING: ‘Ban ‘outraged’ by latest attack on UN mission; urges authorities to investigate. ‘Mali: Ban ‘outraged’ by latest attack on UN mission; urges authorities to investigate’, UN News Centre, 1 June 2016 SECRETARY-GENERAL: ‘UN secretary general frontrunner faces internal uproar’, Foreign Policy, 24 May 2016 CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT: ‘Great Barrier Reef: UN report lead author 'shocked' all Australian references removed’, Guardian 26 May 2016 HUMAN RIGHTS: ‘UN indigenous rights declaration ‘should not be scary’: Bennett’, Globe and Mail, 10 May 2016