Posted on 09/17/2004 7:05:45 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John
TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Iran plans to propose President Mohammad Khatami to become the next United Nations Secretary General, it was reported here on Friday.
Chairman of Iran's House of Political Parties Hassan Ghafurifard said he would discuss the issue with Khatami soon, and that a special committee would be formed to follow up due proceedings.
He said he had been informed that the next UN secretary general would be elected from Asia at the recent International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Beijing.
Ghafurifard added that the nomination of Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai for the post had provoked him to lobby for Khatami considering his "creditable cultural and political background" as Iran's president.
"I have proposed Khatami for the post by considering the fact that he initiated the idea of `Dialogue Among Civilizations' against Hantington's `Clashes of Civilizations' and also that 2001 was named as the Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations after Khatami's initiative," he said.
Ghafurifard further highlighted the efforts of President Khatami to promote the policy of detente in the international community as another reason for proposing him to win the UN post of secretary general.
If it could open American eyes as to the reality of the U.N., it's be worth it.
fat chance
This will go over well.
Are we sure the story isn't forged ?
How about Japan? They put in enough money. How much does Iran contribute?
Yep, all in all, is he a UN kind of guy.
Pretty dang funny though.
"How much does Iran contribute?"
The real question is how much does Iran cost the UN with their nuclear shenanigans and support of terrorism?
Where every day is Halloween!
The General Assembly is, for the most part, a collection of dress-up clowns, pirates, petty tyrants, cutthroats, thieves, and mass murderers.The Security Council isn't a lot better.
Having France on the Security Council is like having the stench of rotted roquefort permeating a funeral parlor.
If Adolf Hitler were alive, he'd be very eligible for Secretary General.
His hatred for Jews would almost guarantee him the position.
And we would not have to pay those dues any longer!
Your're kidding, right?
Oh, I nominate him for head of the Human Rights Committee, in keeping with recent votes.
That's because I could see it happening. The UN is a waste of time and money-- at best.
Making stuff up is too much work. Easier to post real stories. Bill Burkett and Dan Rather would disagree, but who says they're right?
What better way to get Americans to reject the UN than that?
Sure, why the hell not, they let mass murders on the human rights commision, and Coffee Aman, while no mass murder (that I know of), is no peach, so hey lets let a trrorist state represent the whole world at the useless nations.
"What better way to get Americans to reject the UN than that?'
US out of UN and UN out of US. Still works for me.
okay, I'm really looking out of my window expecting "flying pigs"
Well, it would give us an excuse to bomb the building and use the real estate for something really worthwhile.
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