From Science Blog:
Confronting the possibility of a potentially devastating human bird flu pandemic, the United Nations system — from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to the UN health and agricultural agencies — today laid out a blueprint for immediate preventive and mitigating action.
What are they going to do? Pass a resolution, write the virus a nasty letter and hope it goes away? This seems to be their plan on everything else.
Maybe the dickweeds at the UN ought to address the AIDS problem in Africa instead of going for the headlines by hyping their “galant” efforts to thwart avian flu. And, by the way, move their headquarters closer to Africa and get the hell out of the US.
And, while we’re at it, get the US the hell out of the UN.