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2006-03-24 International-UN-NGOs

Introducing: the UN Manual on Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-03-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 *snort*

Posted by Jans Snomble4884 2006-03-24 02:04|| 2006-03-24 02:04|| Front Page Top

#2 well, that ought to just about take care of it.

Posted by Glamble Throluper5981 2006-03-24 09:40|| 2006-03-24 09:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Linky, if you have some extra time today...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-03-24 10:16|| 2006-03-24 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Step 1. Call for millions in aid money.
Step 2. Move negotiations from fly specked, cholera infested armed group stronghold to neutral venue. Like Paris...or Rome...or Vienna...or Geneva...or...
Step 3. Call caterers.
Step 4. Conferences, conferences, conferences.
Step 5. Condemnation.
Step 6. Condemnation "in no uncertain terms".
Step 7. Deadline.
Step 8. Extend deadline.
Step 9. Extend extended deadline.
Step 10. Strongly worded note.
Step 11. Working Group formed.
Step 12. Working Group forms Study Committee.
Step 13. Study Committee forms Conference Committee.
Step 14. Extend extended extended deadline.
Step 15. Conference Committee forms Study Committee to form Summit Committee.
Step 16. Summit Committee hires Kojo as "consultant".
Step 17. Extend extended extended extended deadline.
Step 18. Call for billions in aid money.
Step 19. Repeat steps 2-18.

Posted by tu3031 2006-03-24 10:19|| 2006-03-24 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 You want me to negotiate?

Posted by Korben Dallas">Korben Dallas 2006-03-24 10:43|| 2006-03-24 10:43|| Front Page Top

#6 fly specked, cholera infested armed group stronghold

I rather like that mental picture...

But tu left out the part about the press conferences with the thinly veiled references to Zionists.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-03-24 10:47|| 2006-03-24 10:47|| Front Page Top

#7 From the manual...

Aggressive promotion of international law may generally not be as successful as expected. Many armed groups have not been sensitized to agree with these laws;

Ah, no. That's not one of mine...

Posted by tu3031 2006-03-24 12:06|| 2006-03-24 12:06|| Front Page Top

#8 "Do not annoy Mr. Happy Fun Jihadi."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-03-24 16:25|| 2006-03-24 16:25|| Front Page Top

#9 To save everybody some time - and please Gaia by saving trees - the U~~seless~~ N~~itwits~~ manual needs to be only one page long.

All it needs to say is BOAKYSAG.

(Bend over and kiss your sweet ass goodbye.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut 2006-03-24 17:24|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-03-24 17:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Using megaphone, screem "If you're hungry, thirsty, or need medical attention, put your guns down and come in with your hands above your head."

Posted by wxjames 2006-03-24 20:31|| 2006-03-24 20:31|| Front Page Top

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