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Kofi Annan urges swift action on Darfur crisis
2006-05-20
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said there was not a "second to lose" if the world was to save hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan's conflict-ravaged Darfur region from starvation and disease. "The region is undergoing the worst humanitarian crisis gripping the planet," Annan said in an opinion piece in the French daily Le Figaro published on Friday. "Without massive and immediate support relief organisations will not be able to continue their work, and hunger, malnutrition and sickness will claim hundreds of thousands of victims," he wrote.
Posted by:Fred

#14  Why can't the head of the UN do anything about Darfur?
Posted by: Greamp Elmavinter1163   2006-05-20 22:21  

#13  Very irrational speed.
Posted by: Korora   2006-05-20 18:44  

#12  not a "second to lose"

So why didn't Assnut cut short his holidays when he first heard of the Asian Tsunami? And about Rwanda?

This statement hould be filed under the "Unending Hypocrisy of the UN."
Posted by: Duh!   2006-05-20 11:33  

#11  Wow, that's beautiful, 49. A perfect summation that brings a tear to my eye. A keeper.
Posted by: random styling   2006-05-20 11:12  

#10  I don't see what the fuss is all about. Kofi will do just like the UN did in Rowanda, Bosnia, Serbia, Masadonia, Somalia, Kosovo, Cambodia,etc... they will blame the US and only go in after the killing is over to feed the rebels who have taken over the refugee camps. This is the UN mandate to feed the winner and then put their leader on the human right commission.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-05-20 11:04  

#9  Swift? You got it. Let me clear my calendar for June of 2018.
Posted by: Perfessor   2006-05-20 11:01  

#8  Let's see, Kofi's term ends when?
Posted by: Captain America   2006-05-20 10:59  

#7  TW2412, those are silly questions. Everyone KNOWS it's Bush's fault.
Posted by: lotp   2006-05-20 10:55  

#6  Imaginary numbers are complex, CF, heh. Pi is a good choice, except most jihadis do not know pi.
Of course you could set the speed limit to
pi^eieio, which which makes as much sense as Kofi's Plan™ for Darfur.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-05-20 10:44  

#5  Shouldn' that sign say Speed Limit X * Yi to represent an imaginary number?

I mean the UN won't actually do anything - but will want everyone to imagine they had.

(I think that is how an imaginary number is represented. (or is that a complex number....))
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-05-20 10:36  

#4  The region is undergoing the worst humanitarian crisis gripping the planet,"
And what's causing it, Kofi? Who's doing the killing Kofi? What's the underlying problem theme here, Kofi? And everywhere else too? Wanna examine that? Cause there is no ending to the mess without removing the cause. No matter how "massive" the support relief organizations skim is this time around.

What a freaking useless entity is the UN.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2006-05-20 10:12  

#3  The race goes to the swiftest.
So stay out of races, Kofi...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-05-20 09:57  

#2  Lol, mojo. It is remarkable how absurd a staged "breathless" story can be. One wonders:

a) precisely where has Coffee been for the last few years - the faux-debate over what constitutes "genocide" took place at least a year ago, with absurd results...

b) what does he mean by "immediate", during Coffee's lifetime, or theirs?

c) "support relief"? Heh. What about the means to defend themselves, Coffee?

The UN-DEAD. Institutional farce, scam-central, kleptocracy, cesspit of mankind.
Posted by: eniac   2006-05-20 03:51  

#1  Oh, I'm sure the AU can handle it, Kofi. Relax.
Posted by: mojo   2006-05-20 00:47  

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