UN Staffers Listen to an Agitated Public

The Wall Street Journal - Marketplace (Paper edition) -Link is to archives ^ | Wednesday March 26,2003 | Jared Sandberg

[vannrox]

At 2:08 Last Wednesday. just two days after international diplomacy deteriorated into a finger-pointing mess, a phone rang in the basement of the United Nations General Assembly building in a windowless office between a shuttered cafe and the gift shop

Daniel Kolaj picked it up. A man from the Florida Panhandle said:

"...I'd like to pass on a message to the secretary-general. First of all, I want to apologize for the behavior of my president and their administration for their wanton violation of the UN charter. And I want to apologize for my congressman who at this moment in history are sleeping..."

Mr. Kolaj politely said thank you and suggested the man voice his opinions to the very people he is criticizing.

[vannrox]

Not yet on the web page. This is current from the newspaper, and it enraged me so.

[nononsense]

It is a shame that too many Americans do not recognize the United States of America is sovereign nation that does not answer to UN (unneccessary nuisance)

[VRWC_minion]

United Nations

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. Latest: March 14-15, 2003. N=488 adults nationwide. MoE ± 5.
						.
"Do you think the United Nations is doing a good job or a poor job in trying to solve the problems it has had to face?"
		Good Job	Poor Job	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	3/03	37	58	5
	1/03	50	42	8
	10/02	43	51	6
	2/02	58	36	6
	2/01	54	38	8
	5/00	52	43	5
	2/96	46	46	8
	10/95	36	49	15

[zerosix]

This caller anr many others like him/her should quickly pack up and move to the Country of the United Nations.

I'll even help him/her pack their measly belongings.