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Iraqis push for U.N. role, return
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Members of the Iraqi Governing Council have stepped up demands that the United Nations pull their heads out of their asses and return to Iraq quickly and assist the battered nation in its quest for stability and reconstruction. Key cowards members of the council and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan are to meet in New York on Jan. 19 to discuss the shape of the organizationâs role in building Iraqâs future. It was not clear yesterday who will represent the United States at the meeting. The United Nations evacuated severely cut back its foreign staff in Iraq after a car bombing August 19 destroyed its Baghdad headquarters and killed Mr. Annanâs senior envoy to the country and nearly two dozen staffers. Most of the U.N. mission for Iraq now operates out of an office in Cyprus.
Thatâs because distance diplomacy from Cyprus is a good way to endear your organization with the Iraqi people. Itâs that faraway and impersonal relationship the builds an impenetrable bond.
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Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-01-08 |
