Welcome to the Hen House
[Update: The Daily NK has more on the working groups.]
Those “working groups,” to which most of the difficult unresolved issues with North Korea have been delegated, are scheduled to meet next month, and get a load of who is chairing them:
South Korea will chair a working group on providing economic and energy incentives for North Korea, while China will be responsible for a group on the North’s denuclearization. Russia will head a group concerned with peace and security in Northeast Asia. [Yonhap]
North Korea, the U.S. and Japan will lead the two other groups on normalizing bilateral relations.
Maybe we can invite Iran to lead a committee on nonproliferation. This comes amid widespread reports that the White House has pretty much forced Treasury to give Kim Jong Il back his millions in criminal proceeds. I’m at a loss to say how Jimmy Carter could have made a worse deal than this.
You are a riot — “maybe invite Iran for the nonproliferation committee.” Can you send me your email? I have something to send you re Iran/NK connection. Thanks.
Was it Iraq under Hussien or Libya that was placed as head of the UN’s Human Rights Commission some years ago???
And today in the news, we hear about this big think-tank type meeting of the minds and top on the list was how to return the United States to the use of international law and rules in a multipolar/multinational world order..
Some order…
China and South Korea should also chair the human rights working group.
Maybe North Korea can chair that working group.
No…that would be a blatant sham.