Rather than condemning Rwanda, the US government's first reaction was to attempt to block the report's publication, although it later issued a statement of deep concern.
Ukraine, which was barely mentioned in a new report on the illegal diamond trade from Sierra Leone, blocked the report from being introduced today in the Security Council as planned, diplomats said.
The National Advisory Committee for Nutrition Education did eventually highlight widely known issues in relation to sugar, salt and saturated fat, and proposed guidelines, but scandalously the food industry, through its public face, the British Nutrition Foundation, connived to block the report.
Tellingly, the president dropped his legal attempt to block the report's release: the country still has strong courts, a vibrant media and a lively civil society – as evidenced by the student protests that led to the scrapping of fee increases.
Countless websites, including international and domestic social networking sites are blocked," the report continues.
According to the newspaper, the former student has sued the university, blocking the report's official release.
Barrett's discoveries must have been explosive, because Democratic senators did everything they could to block the report's publication.
Lib Dem deputy prime minister Nick Clegg accused his Conservative colleagues of trying to block the report, and of a "totally misplaced, outdated, backward-looking view".
Ultimately, Australia failed to block the report.
Only six countries, including the US, moved to block the report.
