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It’s Not the Oscars: U.N. Speakers Love to Ignore Its 15-Minute Rule

23 septembre 2026 à 08:41
The chronic flouting of the time limit for speeches highlights a fundamental feature of the United Nations: It is made up of sovereign states that it cannot force to do anything.

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Fidel Castro holds the General Assembly record for his four-and-a-half-hour address in 1960.
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