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| Body Is Found Inside U.N. Headquarters |
| 2003-12-01 |
| NEW YORK - A body was found inside United Nations headquarters on Monday, a U.N. spokesman said. U.N. security and the New York police department are investigating the matter. The U.N. spokesman said the person had been shot, and that the body was discovered inside the building’s third-floor lounge at about 11:30 a.m. He declined to give any details on the deceased person pending notification of the family. The spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the world body considered the shooting an "isolated incident" "We’ve seen a lot worse, like Rwanda and Srebrenica and Iraq" |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 After issuing Resolution 1519 the UN declared that it was pulling out of New York, stating that the inability of the New York City police department to provide reasonable security left the situation "fluid and highly volatile". |
| Posted by: BH 2003-12-1 7:07:22 PM |
| #1 The Security Council later issued Resolution 1519 (2003) demanding that the killer turn himself into the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, and write 'It is wrong to kill people without putting down a drop cloth' 1000 times on a blackboard. The precise design of the blackboard is still under discussion within the council, amid concerns raised by UNESCO regarding funding for the blackboard and additional issues regarding the impact of chalk dust on global warming raised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-12-1 3:20:24 PM |