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by hugnificent 4684 days ago
Spying on other countries is against international law? Since when? That's what countries, all countries, do.
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It doesn't say spying on other countries is against international law, it says spying on the UN is. The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations[1] says "UN premises shall be inviolable, and UN property shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation etc."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Privileges_a...