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UN-likely saviours: Small states to the rescue as the mighty undermine UN

The UN’s dysfunction is real – but so is the quiet resolve of Singapore and other like-minded nations to keep it working.

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Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept 27.

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept 27.

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What might have been the most striking takeaway from the last few weeks of United Nations summitry?

Chances are, what’s etched in most minds is US President Donald Trump using his General Assembly speech to

vent about personal grievances

– the escalator that stalled on him and his wife entering the building, the recalcitrant teleprompter that left him on his “lonesome” for much of his rambling speech.

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