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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 01:38 PM
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Hey Bolton -- how's that UN Reform coming?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/27/wbolton27.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/11/27/ixportal.html



"I'm the rootin' tootiness, high falootiness, UN Ambassador around"


Britain opposes Bolton tactic on UN reform
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
(Filed: 27/11/2005)

Britain has rejected a proposal by John Bolton, America's combative ambassador to the United Nations, to block the upcoming UN budget as a tactic to push throughdisputed reforms.

The rare public disagreement between the two close allies comes as the showdown over reforms at the UN's New York headquarters becomes increasingly acrimonious.


Britain has rebuffed a Bolton move to join him in refusing to pass the organisation's 2006 budget until member states approve wide-ranging management reforms.

To the irritation of Mr Bolton, many developing nations are bitterly opposed to changes that they claim are driven by American political pressure. He suggested last week that talks on the 2006 and 2007 budgets could be postponed as a means to overcome the trenchant resistance from the "G77" bloc of developing countries. He also threatened that the United States could seek an alternative to the UN for solving international problems in future.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 01:42 PM
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1. What an asshole!
Ugly mofo too!:puke:
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troubleinwinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 01:55 PM
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2. "Diplomacy"
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 02:02 PM
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3. UN to Hold Largest Climate Conference Ever..Begins Tomorrow
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 02:02 PM by G_j
(they've been keeping it secret from American media it would seem)
wonder what constructive input our cute & cuddly Mr. Bolton will have to offer?
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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7001184261

UN to Hold Largest Climate Conference Ever

November 25, 2005 12:30 p.m. EST

Ayinde O. Chase - All Headline News Staff Writer

Bonn, Germany (AHN) – The United Nations is hosting a Climate Change Conference beginning November 28 through December 9 in Montreal, Canada. The conference is expected to gather between 8,000 and 10,000 government delegates, business and civic leaders and environmental activists.

The assembly will be the largest meeting of its kind since the Kyoto Climate Conference in 1997.

"This meeting will not only be one of the largest climate change conferences ever, it will deliver a range of substantive results", says Richard Kinley, acting head of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn, Germany.

Parties are expected to agree on steps to strengthen the clean development mechanism, a tool designed under the Protocol to support sustainable development projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries. The United Nations Climate Change Secretariat will be showcasing such projects at the conference.

..more..
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UN link:
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

Historic United Nations climate change conference about to start in Montreal

23 November 2005 - The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2005 will be held from 28 November to 9 December in Montreal, Canada. It is expected to assemble between 8,000 and 10,000 participants, among them government delegates, business and civic leaders and environmental activists. As such, it will be the largest such meeting since the Kyoto Climate Conference in 1997.

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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 02:49 PM
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4. Bolton will cost the US any "friends" we have left
Man, is this guy efficient or what?
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 02:55 PM
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5. we have friends left?
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 02:58 PM
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6. You forgot Mauritania!
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 03:04 PM
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7. and the REPUBLIC OF BOB!!!
:D
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 03:29 PM
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9. I had forgotten Rep of BOB myself. Thanks for the reminder, CW.
What WOULD I do without you?
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 03:06 PM
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8. Goo Goo Ga Joob
n/t
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 04:04 PM
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10. How much longer does this asshole have left?
What a humiliating piece of shit he is.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 04:06 PM
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11. I never get tired of laughing at his unfortunate wig/moustache combo
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 04:06 PM by thebigidea
must be the worst hair combo in dc, if not the entire east coast.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 04:09 PM
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12. I don't think he understands diplomacy.
He's an arrogant ass appointed by another arrogant ass. Stupid is as stupid does. Oh, yeah, and he is one ugly sumbitch.
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