Russia has asked a United Nations General Assembly committee to vote on Tuesday on its proposal to stop the world body extending staff benefits to all same-sex couples, diplomats said.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in July that the United Nations would recognise all same-sex marriages of its staff, allowing them to receive U.N. benefits.
Previously, staff members’ personal status was determined by the laws of their country of nationality. But the United Nations now recognises all same-sex couples married in a country where it is legal, regardless of their nationality.
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