Propre en ordre for the UN
Bolton presides over empty U.N. room
Ambassador finds punctuality not high on colleagues' lists
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- John Bolton, Washington's U.N. ambassador, tried to open his first meeting as head of the Security Council at 10 a.m. sharp on Thursday -- and was irked to find no other diplomats showed up.
"I brought the gavel down at 10. I was the only one in the room," Bolton said. The United States has just assumed the rotating presidency of the 15-nation council for the month of February.
"I believe in discipline. I think daily briefings constitute a form of intellectual discipline. Starting on time is a form of discipline," Bolton told reporters. "I failed today."
"I took a list of when they (council members) came in," Bolton said. "We started just before 10:15."
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/02/un.bolton.reut/



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