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A voice of reason in the UN.

Interesting article at the top of the stack on Google News in the World Press Review, by Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations’ former High Commissioner for Human Rights, entitled “Making the United Nations Function.” An excerpt:

A sign of the political failure of our time, such episodes show the lack of understanding [...]

On October 8th, 2003, this was the truth. | (Tags: , , , , , ) | Comments Off

Lock up the silverware.

This article is just too bizarre not to post. The short of it: food workers at UN headquarters stage a walkout because of a contract dispute; UN staff and diplomats are left without lunch; UN staff and diplomats loot the cafeterias, from entire turkeys and souffles down to the silverware.

They didn’t even have [...]

On May 4th, 2003, this was the truth. | (Tags: , , , , ) | Comments Off


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