Today Monday was a very full day.. left the apartment at 7.45am and the usual trip of 30min. became just over an hour by bus. All roads around ..the UN were blocked off..certainly made a nice change to be able to walk the streets without the traffic. All done in aid of the Heads of State here for all this week.
Something I noticed was that in most streets it is an offence to "honk your horn" with a penalty of $350 wonder if that could be introduced in Gilmore. On arriving at the UN I was given a very firm rebuke and refused entry as I needed(you guessed it) another double security pass..quick phone call and I was admitted. It was a high level meeting on Africa,s developement needs . This meeting was one of the committees I was chosen to represent on Human Rights... More on the committees as I find out when and where they meet. My next main meeting will b e on Wednesday at the Nuclear Disarmament and weapons of mass destruction meeting.
The 2nd meeting was to discuss the latest response into human rights issues in North Korea . A very frank and informative meeting one that the UN general assembly will have to deal with during this term. Again it makes you realize how far so many countries have to go to even reach a small % of what we take for granted.
Final meeting was with African women and the challenges they face ..7 speakers all of them women.. I could not help but cheer when one of them said "isn,t it high time that women stopped doing what is expected of them and start doing what they really want to do" Rawanda drew special applause as they now have more women in parliament then men. Long day today.... walked home it was a lot quicker.
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