VATICAN CITY
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May 7, 2014 By CNA Daily News
Vatican City, May 7, 2014 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis will meet with United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon May 9, as well as with the Chief Executives Board for Coordination, marking an opportunity for the Pope to encourage reform of the organization.
The board coordinates and directs the U.N., and is comprised of 29 heads of U.N. bodies.
The meeting comes against the backdrop of a tense hearing of a Holy See delegation before the U.N.’s Committee on the Convention against Torture, which the Holy See signed in 2002.
The presentation of the report highlighted once again the tensions between the Holy See and the U.N.’s satellite organizations.
After the May 5 presentation of the initial report, Felice Gaer, a committee member, blamed the “alleged distinction” between Vatican City and the Holy See, a differentiation she said “would create important gaps in the coverage” of the treaty and is a “troubling” bit of legalese.
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