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29th March 2018 Geneva, Switzerland

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by Bob Last

Head, UK Mission Political and Human Rights Team

Unruly Behaviour

Voting days at the Council have always been stressful, and things don’t seem to be getting any easier with age. The drawback of having been around in these parts for longer than most is that I’m expected to know what I’m doing, especially when it comes to the finer points of the UN’s rules of […]

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2nd October 2017 Geneva, Switzerland

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by Bob Last

Head, UK Mission Political and Human Rights Team

Double Vision

Council sessions leave your head spinning. Anyone who gets through one without feeling like it was full body and soul experience wasn’t really there. And it’s particularly trying for the families we abandon to meet the Council’s callous workload. If, like me, you’re lucky enough to have an understanding partner, for the first few days […]

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19th September 2016 Geneva, Switzerland

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by Bob Last

Head, UK Mission Political and Human Rights Team

Too little time

I’m afraid I have to begin on a very sad note as our friend and colleague Ebenezer Appreku, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Ghana, passed away just before the session. He was a wonderful man and a strong human rights advocate. I often heard him speak about how critical attention by the UN had helped […]

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