Hey... they've done such a great job in places like Rwanda and Darfur... why wouldn't we hand over the environment to the United Nations?
PARIS — Hundreds of scientists, business leaders, and non-governmental organizations have called for a new United Nations agency to manage the environment.Hell... if it's good enough for France... I'm in.
The new agency would transform the existing UN Environment Program, into “a fully-fledged international organization that is genuinely universal,” French President Jacques Chirac told delegates to the Citizens of the Earth conference, which was organized by his government.
RELATED: What's this about a Jacques Attack?
Ok, relax... it's just some Frenchified version of "Who's on First..."
The Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said: "It is not a sentiment I share and from what I understand, the French President doesn't share it any more either."Not to worry, French credibility is actually a constant... not a variable.
But in France, Le Monde newspaper said the comments had seriously dented the country's credibility. "One asks what credibility the French position will now have."
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