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Aust diplomat labels UN 'rotten to the core'
One of Australia's top diplomats says the United Nations is rotten at its core.

John Dauth has just returned to Canberra after four-and-a-half years as Australia's Ambassador to the United Nations.

Mr Dauth told the ABC the gridlock in the General Assembly means the UN is close to becoming an empty shell like the League of Nations.

"The General Assembly is defunct," he said.

"No debate there carries with it any practical action or decision or agreement or compromise.

"And if the heart of the body, if the core of the apple, is rotten, eventually the rest of the apple will be rotten too."

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