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Random Platitudes: February 2006
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Being the completely unimportant musings of a hopelessly self-important person. Monday, February 27, 2006. The "Cartoon Row" dissected - part 4. Continued from Part 3. Was that the former ambassadors' criticism was "very mistaken and sad". Lund Poulsen further said:. They are helping to compromise the freedom of speech by adopting a moralistic pose. After all, the Muslim ambassadors wanted to enter into dialogue with Fogh in order to have the cartoons stopped. And it serves no purpose to enter in...From ...
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Random Platitudes: May 2006
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Being the completely unimportant musings of a hopelessly self-important person. Friday, May 26, 2006. All in the family. I love history. It's a wonderful subject, filled with odd anecdotes and quirky facts that make you exclaim: "Well, I never would have expected that. One of these Christian monarchs was Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile. Born before June 1040, dead July 1, 1109), the first king to style himself "king of all Spain", and one of the larger-than-life figures of El Cantar de Mio Cid. Alfonso ha...
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Random Platitudes: The "Cartoon Row" dissected -- part 5
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Being the completely unimportant musings of a hopelessly self-important person. Thursday, March 09, 2006. The "Cartoon Row" dissected - part 5. Continued from Part 4. In the days immediately before the Gaza incident, demonstrations protesting the caricatures had taken place. The demonstrations included burning of the Danish flag, and various other staples of Middle Eastern political demonstrations. To the Danish public, seeing images of the Dannebrog. However, the situation was no less problematic in the...
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Ban wins. | Chapter15
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Looking at the race for the next UN Secretary General. Laquo; American Right attacks Ban as corrupt. Tony has all the details over at UNSG.org. This entry was posted on October 2, 2006 at 9:56 pm and is filed under Ban. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Feed You can leave a response. From your own site. 7 Responses to “Ban wins.”. October 3, 2006 at 9:27 am. Is it acceptable that one can buy the top post this way? October 8, 2006 at 4:15 am. November 22, 2007 at 5:18 pm.
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UNSGselection.org » Links to additional resources - For a Democratic, Transparent and Effective Selection Process for the United Nations Secretary-General
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Center for UN Reform Education. Foreign Policy's List of Candidates. International Planned Parenthood Federation - Campaign for a Female UN Secretary General. CAMPAIGN: A More Democratic Selection Process. Listing of NGO Endorsements. Other High-Level Selection Processes. Role of the Secretary-General. In the News Other UN Elections and Appointments. In The News Archives. Links to additional resources. Please enter your email address to receive latest developments. Click here to unsubscribe.
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The new Secretary-General: un
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Home behind my computer. I was reading an article in Dutch about the possible successors of Koffi Annan while I cam across this. It seems that the South-Korean Ban Ki-moon is the most likely candidate and it had me wondering what ye lot's opinions are on him and the 'elections'. Do you agree with any of the candidates, are there others you prefer? I remember reading that the UN Secretary-General should come from a different continent but that's not entirely true is it? Post a new comment.
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[topposts]: October 2006
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A closer look at the races for the world's top posts. UNSG contest done. Epilogue in la Minore. Greetings. To the Chinese. But mostly to the Chinese). For China this election was a question of honour. For Russia it turned be the matter of principle, self-efficiency, and also giving a lesson to the disloyal Eastern Europeans and an act of revenge to the. Is it Russian for. Obviously, tried to play open-mindedly. Tried hard. – Not enough. First impression: what kind of comedy was that? Another question is ...
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Random Platitudes: The "Cartoon Row" dissected -- part 6
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Being the completely unimportant musings of a hopelessly self-important person. Tuesday, March 14, 2006. The "Cartoon Row" dissected - part 6. Continued from Part 5. Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. A multi-national force under British leadership had been based in SE Iraq. Part of this force were 530 Danish soldiers, stationed at Qurnah, 60 kilometers north of Basra. The force's operations consisted mostly of "security and stabilization". Was at best lukewarm to the troop presence in Iraq. At about the s...
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Random Platitudes: All in the family
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Being the completely unimportant musings of a hopelessly self-important person. Friday, May 26, 2006. All in the family. I love history. It's a wonderful subject, filled with odd anecdotes and quirky facts that make you exclaim: "Well, I never would have expected that. One of these Christian monarchs was Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile. Born before June 1040, dead July 1, 1109), the first king to style himself "king of all Spain", and one of the larger-than-life figures of El Cantar de Mio Cid. Alfonso ha...
