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A veto left the UN mission in Western Sahara without a mandate. Can it be saved?

On 30 October the UN Security Council failed to pass rival US and Russian plans to keep its Western Sahara mission. Its mandate ran out on 31 October.

3 of 9Three of nine times one veto blocked a UN mission's renewal, the Council renewed it within two days. Six times none came in 61 days.

Will the UN restore its Western Sahara mission's mandate by 31 Dec?

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The last UN nature summit ran out of time. Will the one in Armenia finish?

Seven of eight such UN nature summits closed by the day after their last planned day, and one finished four months later.

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Rebeca Grynspan leads the race for UN chief. Past leaders mostly won in a month.

In three of four UN contests since 1991, the leader after the third vote was picked within a month; in all four within 38 days.

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A veto left the UN mission in Western Sahara without a mandate. Can it be saved?

The last UN nature summit ran out of time. Will the one in Armenia finish?

Rebeca Grynspan leads the race for UN chief. Past leaders mostly won in a month.

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