It was the United Nations group's second attempt at pushing through a mediation convention, and just as it looked like there would be a breakthrough, a raging snowstorm forced the closure of the UN headquarters in New York.

The delegates had to frantically scramble for an alternative place to continue their talks, said the group's chairman, Singaporean Natalie Morris-Sharma.

"We had identified the most difficult issues, and that was the week we were going to try and work through them... then, there was the snowstorm," said Mrs Morris-Sharma, recounting the events in February 2017...

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