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US to UN: Don't drink and debate

Published: 5 Mar 2013 at 08.49
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The United States called for drunk diplomats to be barred from United Nations' budget negotiations.

Illustration. The United States called for drunk diplomats to be barred from United Nations' budget negotiations. Some envoys have turned up for talks "falling down drunk," said one diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Annual talks on how much the global body spends have become increasingly tense as western nations call for spending cuts.

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svenviking
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Discussion 4 : 05 Mar 2013 at 13.544
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The UN is evolving from the once so obedient tool to the US and now the time have come for the demonizing and rumor spreading. I guess a few will fall for it, will make a good conversation piece in US bars.
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Discussion 3 : 05 Mar 2013 at 12.473
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The American Government continues to amaze me, can't they find something more important to complain about, and have they forgotten they no not run the UN, not officially anyway.
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Discussion 2 : 05 Mar 2013 at 09.222
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Ban alcohol from public duty time.
What a idiotic world we are living in.
Tackling anti social behavior seem to be invented foor peasants and poor only it seems.
Banning smoking in public is accompanied with a 2000 bath fine imposed on anyone dares littering a fag, while "pain in the ear"incidents and even public media coverage about politician(s) intoxicated are quickly wiskered out of the headlines.
UN and Drunks?
dear on me.
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begin
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Discussion 1 : 05 Mar 2013 at 09.201
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so much for wasting our hard earned tax payers money on the UN. We see them drunk, run up parking violations in NY, etc. and then claim diplomatic immunity to avoid paying the fines.
No wonder more of us question the role of the UN with their tax free salaries, perks, etc.
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