Smouldering tensions over the UN’s smoking ban

After spending a week watching United Nations diplomats flagrantly ignoring their own "no smoking" rules, it was hardly surprising when Israel and Hamas were similarly unmoved by the organisation's somewhat more serious ceasefire resolution in Gaza. The UN's protracted and unhappy battle to ban smoking inside its New York headquarters doesn't exactly encourage confidence in its ability to enforce its will anywhere else.

[well, their rules aren't really intended for themselves, they're smart. They're meant for us simple 'common' folks...]

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