TheOnion, except actually it's Foxnews: NK to preside UN disarmament conference

[Doppel]

I truly did laugh out loud when I read it:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/06/29/north-korea-to-chair-un-disarmament-conference/

Despite numerous breaches of arms embargoes and continued threats to expand its nuclear weapons program, North Korea has assumed the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament.
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UN spokesman Farhan Haq pointed out that the head of the Conference on Disarmament is selected by the member states that sit on the conference, not the UN secretary general.
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Iran, China and Burma were among nations that congratulated North Korea on assuming the presidency of the conference.

Other than a few here who will point out that maybe a heavily armed nation like the US shouldn't chair this I don't expect many to defend this decision.

 

[irishScott]

Dammit you beat me by less than a minute. But mine has more facepalm.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2175217

 

[Genx87]

This is as good as when Libya headed up the UN human rights comission.

 

[theeedude]

I was going to take it seriously until you said it was Fox News.

 

[werepossum]

Just shows that the UN is a complete joke. The US out of the UN and the UN out of the US, I say.

 

[davmat787]

I was going to take it seriously until you said it was Fox News.

So you are saying the story isn't true?

 

[OCGuy]

Just shows that the UN is a complete joke. The US out of the UN and the UN out of the US, I say.

This. Fuck the UN.

 

[davmat787]

For those who are worried about catching the Republican Virus by clicking on a fox news link, here is another article. I'm trying really hard these days to really understand the issue and not post knee jerk reactions, but I just can't this time.

The UN is trolling the globe here. F' em. Can anyone defend this? Also, how would NK feed the delegates?

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/united-nations-new-arms-watchdog-north-korea/

In other North Korean news, the coach of their womens soccer team blames their World Cup loss to the USA on a lightning strike the previous month.

http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/201...-n-koreas-soccer-loss-to-u-s/?cxntlid=thbz_hm

 

[Doppel]

Dammit you beat me by less than a minute. But mine has more facepalm.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2175217

Great minds, maybe