The U.N. Security Council took a break this week from managing crises in Iran and Sudan and adopted a series of measures that would impose greater control and secrecy over the body's deliberations.
The 15-nation council has barred a note-taker from the U.N. secretary-general's press office from attending the council's consultations, and asked the U.N. reduce the number of experts it sends to Security Council meetings. At the same time, U.N. diplomats not serving in the council have been prevented from entering the council's inner sanctums to await the council's decisions.
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