[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]RESIGNATION TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Mon Apr 4 09:10:10 BST 2005

Thanks Elizabeth,
You are right... No media elaborate about it...
Let's forget it and return to our problems.
Best regards

--- "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll at optonline.net>
wrote:

> It would seem to be April Fool's humor, based on the
> following also from the
> report below:
> 
> > >- ACTING SWIFLY IN RESPONSE TO THE SEC. GEN.
> > VACANCY,
> > >the US President appointed as interim Secretary
> > General of the United
> > >Nations his brother, Jeb Bush, who had been
> > involved in goodwill
> > >missions in Asia following the recent tsunami.
> > When reminded that the
> > >UN constitution prohibited the Sec. General being
> > from one of the
> > >permanent members of the Security Council, White
> > House legal advisors
> > >said that the US is not bound by that limited
> > reading of an archaic &
> > >inapplicable body of international law.  The USG
> > said that it had
> > >conferred with key allies in making the decision.
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of djilali benamrane
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:14 AM
> To: africa at wsis-cs.org; plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Cc: wsis-finance at yahoogroupes.fr
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re:
> [Africa-CS-WSIS]RESIGNATION TO SECURITY
> COUNCIL
> 
> 
> I really hope that it is a jok... First April is
> used
> by some to make such a jok...
> If it is true i suppose that all high staff UN
> assignements will be allowed to US citizens...
> Perhaps
> also we shall have the privilege to have an american
> Pope !
> Interesting as global word management, but the
> History
> is not finish and the next battle will be the battle
> for international good governance and The US
> President
> would probably like to lead the debate !
> J'esphre que ce message est un poisson d'avril parce
> que si tel itait le cas on aurait des souci ` nous
> faire.
> Un prochain pape amiricain ? un prisident amiricain
> menant les dibats sur la gouvernance mondiale,
> autant
> de raison peut-jtre pour voter oui au traiti
> constitutionnel europien ultra libiral... O dieu de
> l'enfer ! quel cauchemerd !
> 
> --- ngenda at bluewin.ch wrote:
> 
> > >-- Original Message --
> > >Subject: Fw: NEWS FLASH
> > >To: Heidi.Divecha at TheGlobalFund.org, "Tina
> Divecha"
> > <DIVECHA at unhcr.ch>,
> > >   "Nasim Bahar" <nasim.bahar at virgin.net>,
> > anna.divecha at btconnect.com,
> > >   doodiejules at yahoo.com, andrea.hess at fifa.org,
> > rupina.jagasia at ch.pwc.com,
> > >   "Ngenda Kigaraba" <ngenda at bluewin.ch>,
> > Angela_Rose at cargill.com,
> > >   SergePerrin at Djiboua.com,
> > Susan_Cretenoud at capgroup.com
> > >From: Delseta_Atkins at capgroup.com
> > >Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:09:22 +0100
> > >
> > >   Delseta Atkins | The Capital Group Companies |
> >
> > >          Location: GVO2 | Extension: 74933
> >
> > > Outside: +41 22 807 4933 | E-mail:
> > dxa at capgroup.com
> >
> > >
> > >>>> <htimes at fcc.net> 01/04/2005 13:19:42 >>>
> >
>
>_______________________________________________________________________
> > >
> > The Humanitarian Times
> > >
> >       April 1, 2005
> > >
> > >- U.N. SEC. GEN. KOFI ANNAN SUBMITTED HIS
> > RESIGNATION TO SECURITY COUNCIL
> > >first thing this morning, surprising many UN
> > watchers who believed that
> > >the oil-for-food scandal had not directly
> > implicated him.  In a press
> > >briefing early this morning, Annan said that the
> > effectiveness of the UN
> > >depended on a leadership that was not distracted
> by
> > defensiveness over
> > >scandals like this.
> > >
> > >- HEADS OF U.N. AGENCIES MET IN NEW YORK TO
> DISCUSS
> > TRANSITION PLANS
> > >this week.  Those UN agency heads who are
> American,
> > Paul Wolfowitz of
> > >the World Bank, Wendy Chamberlin of UNHCR, Anne
> > Veneman of Unicef, James
> > >Morris of the World Food Programme, Brunson
> > McKinley of IOM, & others met
> > >Tuesday in a new inter-agency coordination
> > mechanism to better plan the
> > >UN's operations in concert with American
> interests.
> > >
> > >- WHITE HOUSE RELEASES LONG-TERM ROAD-MAP FOR
> > UNITED NATIONS' REFORM,
> > >following the recent spate of UN Reform
> proposals,
> > including the High
> > >-Level Panel report and this month's "In Larger
> > Freedom?" by the Sec
> > >General.  The US Administration's proposal
> includes
> > a number of mergers.
> > >(more below)
> > >
> > >- ACTING SWIFLY IN RESPONSE TO THE SEC. GEN.
> > VACANCY,
> > >the US President appointed as interim Secretary
> > General of the United
> > >Nations his brother, Jeb Bush, who had been
> > involved in goodwill
> > >missions in Asia following the recent tsunami.
> > When reminded that the
> > >UN constitution prohibited the Sec. General being
> > from one of the
> > >permanent members of the Security Council, White
> > House legal advisors
> > >said that the US is not bound by that limited
> > reading of an archaic &
> > >inapplicable body of international law.  The USG
> > said that it had
> > >conferred with key allies in making the decision.
> > When asked by BBC,
> > >Prime Minister Tony Blair said that he had indeed
> > been told of the
> > >appointment by his White House superiors an hour
> > before the decision
> > >was issued.  In order to immediately effect UN
> > reforms, the Pres. sent
> > >army & marine brigades into New York City,
> > surrounding the UN, &
> > >closing its offices.  SRSG Lahkdar Brahmi has
> been
> > asked to create an
> > >interim coalition provisional authority to
> > facilitate the two-year UN
> > >transition.
> >
>
>_______________________________________________________________________
> > >                                REVIEW OF WHITE
> > HOUSE PROPOSAL ON UN REFORM
> > >
> > >- U.S. POSITIONS ON U.N. REFORM INVOLVE
> > EFFICIENCIES & CONSOLIDATIONS
> > >as a number of agencies were merged, effective
> > immediately by Presidential
> > >Decision Directive this week.  Because of its
> > brand-name value, Unicef was
> > >maintained with the same name, under US control,
> > but reporting directly
> > to
> > >the Republican National Committee.  The World
> Food
> > Program would take over
> > >the Food and Agriculture Organization, & both be
> > merged under the US
> > >Department of Agriculture.  USAID Administrator
> > Andrew Natsios was
> > >appointed head of UNDP, along with a merger of
> the
> > two organizations.
> > >The World Health Organization will be merged with
> > the Centers for Disease
> > >Control in Atlanta, combining their laboratory
> > facilities and reducing
> > >human resources, laboratory & security
> > redundancies.  IFAD, UNCTAD & the
> > >International Labor Organization will be
> > privatized, sold off at auction
> > >this summer, proceeds to be held in trust by the
> > Republican National
> > >Committee, which will have fiduciary authority
> over
> 
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