Global body French article briefly describes (6,7)

I believe the answer is:

united nations

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'global body' is the definition.
'united nations' can be an answer for 'body' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'global' bit.

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for united nations that I've seen before include "body" , "peace group" , "International peace-keeping organisation" , "global organisation" , "International peace organisation, founded 1945 in San Francisco" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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