Four Countries Mount Campaign To Delay Ratification Of New U.N. Agency For Women's Issues

Cuba, Egypt, Iran and Sudan have launched a last-minute campaign to delay the ratification of the United Nations' so-called "super agency" for women's issues, the Guardian reports. The new agency would consolidate the four existing U.N. agencies that deal with gender issues -- the U.N. Development Fund for Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues, the U.N.