Bush goes,hat in hand,to the UN

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Shashi Tharoor
THOSE WHO WERE ABOUT TO CONSIGN THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY DIDN'T KNOW THEIR HISTORY.


Shashi Tharoor is the U.N.'s under-secretary-general for communications.

Joe Schlesinger's article on the CBC website.



Seeking The UN's Help
What this session of the U.N. most resembles, is a reunion of the survivors of a ship-wreck. As the delegates gather they'll be swapping notes about what happened when the good ship U.N. ran aground over the war in Iraq. They'll be comparing wounds, pointing fingers to lay blame and bemoaning what was lost. But they're also very much aware that first and foremost they must try to pull the U.N. boat off the rocks and get it floating and on its way again.

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