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The UN General Assembly has voted to end smoking at UN headquarters in NewYork in line with the ban on smoking in public places throughout the rest of the city.
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It's now up to the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to actually enforce the measure,which,as our UN correspondent Laura Trevelyan reports
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may not be easy.‘Welcome to the Barney's cafe in the basement of the United Nations, haunt ofsmoking diplomats.
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Because the United Nations is international territory, New YorkCity's ban on smoking in public places has never applied here.
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But now this safe havenfor smokers is threatened.
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The UN General Assembly has voted to ban smoking at UNheadquarters,and ban the sale of cigarettes, and that could be tricky.
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Diplomats fromall 192 countries at the UN love to come here and puff away.
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