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The United Nations is nothing if not diplomatic. Witness the following sign, which graces the press room here at U.N. headquarters in New York:

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The United Nations is nothing if not diplomatic. Witness the following sign, which graces the press room here at U.N. headquarters in New York:

The United Nations is nothing if not diplomatic. Witness the following sign, which graces the press room here at U.N. headquarters in New York:

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