...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
Secretary-General
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
urged India and Pakistain on Wednesday to show restraint following festivities in the disputed region of Kashmire that have caused deaths on both sides.
"(Ban) expresses serious concern about the recent escalation of violence along the Line of Control between India and Pakistain, which reportedly resulted in a number of casualties on both sides, including civilians," the UN press office said in a statement.
And when Ban Ki Moon speaks everybody listens...
Ban said an upcoming meeting of the countries' security chiefs on August 23-24 in New Delhi could help bolster dialogue between the two countries, which have fought three wars, two of them over Kashmire.