Today I was able to go to several meetings on SMD. While
this isn’t particularly a new thing, several interesting things happened. In
the first session that I attended, the French to English translator forgot to
turn her mic of after translating. What was so funny about this seemingly innocuous
even was the mouth on her. She could have made a sailor blush, as the old
saying goes. The second was in the second session. In this particular session,
there were several policy briefs passed that caused serious agitation to the
delegate from Israel. His Palestinian counter-part was equally vehement. The
reason that I mention these is because of the following thoughts.
Concerning the woman who was caught on audio, I thought it relevant to remark on the similarities between getting caught speaking when you aren’t expecting to be over-heard and portraying an image that might not be in alignment with your personal opinions. What she said wasn’t as important as what is constantly portrayed in the media today. I thought it an interesting connection.
As with the second group of individuals, I was incredibly
interested in their banter back and forth. One would openly condemn the votes
of those who went against their opinion and the other mocked them for their
ignorance. While I could see both of their arguments, I am more interested in
how politically charged some of these policy briefs really are. It is important
to understand that despite the good intentions of those here at the United
Nations, the policies that are put up for ratification are still just
politically motivated.
Just some food for thought for even the most
well-intentioned.
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