| Submit your comments on this article | |
| International-UN-NGOs | |
| UN-INSPIRED | |
| 2004-12-06 | |
THE United Nations — desperately in need of some positive spin — is considering a ploy to steal some of the Norwegian Nobel thunder by launching its own annual peace prize. It doesn't hurt that the highly politicized Nobel Peace Prize has been bestowed to such unpeaceful types as Yasser Arafat and appeasers like Jimmy Carter. "The United Nations peace prize would be announced each year with the fanfare of a Live Aid-like concert, to be broadcast on a youth channel like MTV," said one source. "In the face of widespread corruption in Iraq's oil-for-food program, weapons proliferation and terrorism, it strikes one as both tone-deaf and feckless of them even to have that on the table."
| |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #22 Hey, just a thought...While the Nobel...in many categories is for achievement, the UN award would be for "trying" to achieve. Sort of a symbolism over substance thing. Who better to be the first recipient than Bill Clinton, the best: âI never tried harderâ¦guyâ Seems like a shoo in to me. |
| Posted by: Thraing Ulolurong1664 2004-12-06 9:18:49 PM |
| #21 And just like the Sydney Peace Prize, or Australian of the Year, nobody who wins it will ever deserve it.... and nobody who deserves it will ever win it! |
| Posted by: Anon1 2004-12-06 9:08:28 PM |
| #20 rriiiggghhhttt |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-06 7:32:13 PM |
| #19 I'm a die hard BRUCE fan (travel all over to see him) at ANY PRICE** He would not endorse such an event! Andrea |
| Posted by: andrea 2004-12-06 6:50:45 PM |
| #18 2b-I like your idea! 'Course, I've always liked representational art.. |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-12-06 3:17:45 PM |
| #17 the prize is a beautiful statuette of a UN member dining on a mound of dead women and children. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-12-06 3:16:12 PM |
| #16 The United Nations peace prize would be announced each year with the fanfare of a Live Aid-like concert, to be broadcast on a youth channel like MTV. I can see it now: hosted by Ben Affleck, with special appearances by the |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-12-06 3:12:44 PM |
| #15 I like the idea of "Arafat Memorial UN Peace Prize", you get plaque and a few seconds later that plaque detonates taking away another idiot. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-12-06 2:46:16 PM |
| #14 Is this a UN Peace Prize or an Unpeace Prize? With the UN, it's hard to tell. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-12-06 2:25:49 PM |
| #13 Lol, tu! My initial response exactly, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-06 1:34:38 PM |
| #12 Great idea, Kofi! This will solve everything! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-12-06 1:32:24 PM |
| #11 Won't be Kimmie. North Korea is one of the very few non-member states. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-12-06 1:11:17 PM |
| #10 Kofi has 20 billion to play with. |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2004-12-06 12:46:26 PM |
| #9 A UN Peace Prize at this point is like the scandal-ridden Catholic Church coming out with a St Sebastian Man-Boy Love Award. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-12-06 12:39:24 PM |
| #8 I'm betting on Kimmie-boy-the-baby-killer (N. Korea) for the first UNpeace prize followed closely by whatever is in charge in Sudan and the the Mullah's of Iran.... Saddam is a big disappointment to the UN since he is no longer in power and cant torture his own people any more. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-12-06 12:28:20 PM |
| #7 You get a plaque, a picture of you and Kofi, and a lovely blender. No doubt Saddam will be the first winner. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-12-06 12:18:42 PM |
| #6 Any chance that it'll involve giving away money that shouldn't have ended up in UN hands in the first place? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-06 11:14:27 AM |
| #5 I understand giant origami swans make a good bowl for whirled peas. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-12-06 11:03:36 AM |
| #4 (I just envisioned Whirled Peas... pretty cool) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-12-06 10:51:15 AM |
| #3 lovely blender being emblematic as the Peas Processor? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-12-06 10:50:49 AM |
| #2 Feh. They would probably name it the "Arafat Memorial UN Peace Prize." You get a plaque, a picture of you and Kofi, and a lovely blender. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-12-06 10:10:42 AM |
| #1 Wow. Just when you couldn't think of anything more meaningless than a Nobel Peace Price comes... the UN Peace Prize. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-12-06 10:07:28 AM |