Awe-inspiring support

(Not.)

Finally saw Chi Chiew Sum's (of the Singapore UN affairs office) long-anticipated reply in my inbox - only to face the following words staring back at me:

We acknowledge your keen interest in UN issues. Thank you for your two suggestions which we will bear in mind for future UN conferences.

Of course, the next General Assembly won't be hosting the MDG+5 - no there isn't going to be an MDG+6 - and won't be having such a high-level plenary discuss progress of the Millennium Development Goals quite so pointedly, but hey.

What can a small circus act flailing her arms about do in a big top circus tent such as this. (Maybe wear a big red nose, one that's got 5 little white stars and a crescent across.)

Just gotta keep pushing, dammit.

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So. Some hours ago the first day of the Summit concluded. Allow me to draw your attention to this bit of comic relief from the day's proceedings:



Reuters 14 Sept: U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war.


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