UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that the United Nations will recognise all same-sex marriages of staff members at the world body.
Previously, a staff member's personal status was determined by the laws of their country of nationality, said U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq. But now the United Nations will recognise all same-sex couples married in a country where it is legal, regardless of their nationality.
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