Drunk diplomats told to sober up at UN
(03-05 09:01)
Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella, who represents the US on the UN's budget committee, said the tense process of negotiating the world body's annual budget is made more complicated by the number of diplomats who turn up drunk, AP reports.
The UN budget is finalized in December, when holiday parties apparently lead to some revelry spilling over into budget negotiations.
The US is making “the modest proposal that the negotiating rooms should in future be an inebriation-free zone,’’ Torsella said during a private meeting of the budget committee. The US mission released a transcript of his remarks.
Some tipsy negotiating partners have left the US “truly grateful for the strategic opportunities,'' he said.
But Torsella said the committee should “save the champagne for toasting the successful end of the session.’’
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