February 3, 2006

Bolton In Charge

Who would have thought that those diplomats on the UN Security Council would be tardy?

    John Bolton, Washington's U.N. ambassador, tried to open his first meeting as head of the Security Council at 10 a.m. sharp on Thursday -- and was irked to find no other diplomats showed up.

    "I brought the gavel down at 10. I was the only one in the room," Bolton said. The United States has just assumed the rotating presidency of the 15-nation council for the month of February.

    "I believe in discipline. I think daily briefings constitute a form of intellectual discipline. Starting on time is a form of discipline," Bolton told reporters. "I failed today."

    "I took a list of when they (council members) came in," Bolton said. "We started just before 10:15."


Manhattan parking must've been a bitch!

United Nations Posted by AlexC at February 3, 2006 12:14 PM

Uh oh, Bolton's got a list. There will be detentions and the offenders told to write "I will not be late to meetings" 100 times.

Posted by: Silence Dogood at February 3, 2006 2:27 PM

I dunno, ac, hard to expect people to actually show up at ten am. I can't imagine a meeting in the pricate sector starting so early, can you?

Silence, I object to your humor. Ambassador Bolton seeks to remind this lazy body that its work is important and that its work and members should be respected -- I have no problem with his call for punctuaity.

Posted by: jk at February 4, 2006 1:22 PM

Wait a minute JK, YOU object to ME making fun of the UN? This body that you basically think of as totally corrupt and worthless now is important with important work to do? Is all we need to do to fix the UN is get John Bolton in there to take names and enforce discipline? As Alex says, they need to show up on time to maximize the effectiveness of their strongly worded memos?

Posted by: Silence Dogood at February 5, 2006 9:36 AM

I suspected you were making fun of John Bolton (which is okay of you confine your remarks to facial hair).

We spend gigabucks and waste so much time at the UN, I like the idea of the US's having a serious ambassador.

Posted by: jk at February 5, 2006 10:05 AM | What do you think? [4]