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N. Korea: UN tribute to Kim leads to walkout of diplomats
JoongAng Daily ^ | 12/24/11

Posted on 12/24/2011 11:39:11 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

UN tribute to Kim leads to walkout of diplomats

Dec 24,2011

The UN General Assembly yesterday paid a silent tribute to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, sparking a walkout of ambassadors of Korea and other countries.

At the start of the assembly Thursday, its president, Qatar’s Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, told the diplomats, “It is my sad duty to pay tribute to the memory of the late Kim Jong-il.”

The president asked North Korean Ambassador Sin Son-ho to “convey condolences” and called on all envoys “to stand and observe a minute of silence in tribute to the memory of the late leader.”

A walkout ensued by ambassadors from South Korea, the United States, Japan, Britain, France, Germany and other countries. After the walkout, only a third of the seats were still occupied.

Al-Nasser read out all the official posts held by the North Korean leader and the remaining diplomats stood and bowed their heads for a minute.

(Excerpt) Read more at koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kimjongil; momentofsilence; nkorea; un

1 posted on 12/24/2011 11:39:16 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...

P!


2 posted on 12/24/2011 11:39:39 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The UN is disgusting.


3 posted on 12/24/2011 11:44:54 PM PST by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

If terrorists ever manage to sneak a nuke into New York City and detonate it, of course it WOULD be a tragedy of epic proportions beyond anything imaginable, however if such a dark day ever dawns, I will personally take solace in the knowledge that the U.N. was wiped out (along with the New York Times).


4 posted on 12/24/2011 11:45:34 PM PST by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I would have stayed and farted loudly......


5 posted on 12/24/2011 11:54:34 PM PST by Red Badger (Every child should have a meadow to play in..............)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

USA walked? There will be Hell to be paid back in DC.


6 posted on 12/25/2011 12:09:34 AM PST by oyez
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Merry Christmas, brother.


7 posted on 12/25/2011 12:30:26 AM PST by TwoSwords
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To: TigerLikesRooster

when they walked out, they should’ve locked the doors and set fire to the place.


8 posted on 12/25/2011 12:32:58 AM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: Red Badger

9 posted on 12/25/2011 12:35:10 AM PST by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: Red Badger

I would have wretched. Chunks of it. All over my delegation table and microphone and fellow delegates. Waves and waves of unending puke. Heck, farts.


10 posted on 12/25/2011 1:09:10 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Many attempts were made over the years to kill Kim Jong il. This one may finally have succeeded.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; TigerLikesRooster

Amen to that AiT!

Merry Christmas to the two finest FReepers in the Far East!


11 posted on 12/25/2011 4:28:54 AM PST by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
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To: mamelukesabre

That would have certainly taken the remaining lickspittles’ minds off their extreme sense of RONERINESS.


12 posted on 12/25/2011 6:01:50 AM PST by MarineDad (Wherever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits)
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To: Red Badger
I would have stayed and farted loudly......

Don't forget to stand on your desk turn your back and "moon" him while you're at it!

13 posted on 12/25/2011 6:25:33 AM PST by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing....except not doing it sooner!)
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>> USA walked? There will be Hell to be paid back in DC.

Why? Was he a Muslim?


14 posted on 12/25/2011 6:43:43 AM PST by Optimist
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Amen, fellow Tokyo-ites. Great response!


15 posted on 12/25/2011 6:54:36 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: mkjessup
Thanks to you too. Your insights are valuable! Merry Christmas.

And probably, TLR and I would both say, there is nothing particuarly "far" about the "Far East" at all, at least certainly from where we sit. Take care. Fasten seatbelts for 2012.

16 posted on 12/25/2011 9:00:14 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Many attempts were made over the years to kill Kim Jong il. This one may finally have succeeded.)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

God Bless Us All, eh? What a year.


17 posted on 12/25/2011 9:00:55 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Many attempts were made over the years to kill Kim Jong il. This one may finally have succeeded.)
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To: Red Badger

Nahh, use an air horn and party poppers, then shout out, “Woo Hoo! The b@st@rds dead! He ain’t gunna be so *ronery* anymore... in HELL!”

Then drop your pants and moon the one’s paying respect.


18 posted on 12/25/2011 10:23:43 AM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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