Iraq is in line to take over as chairman of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament in May, prompting one U.S. official Wednesday to say: “The irony is overwhelming.” [Associated Press, 1/29/03]Just what is it going to take for people to wake up and throw the U.N. overboard?
Last week it was Libya heading up the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. This week it’s… well, like I said, you can’t make this stuff up: