(Taking context-optional note of thought-provoking quotes)
International organizations are often disparaged as talking shops. That, among other things, is what they are and requires no apology.
--
Brian Urquhart (right), who began his U.N. career in 1945 and served as Undersecretary-General from 1972 until his retirement in 1986.
(photo credit) The quote appears in
"Finding the Hidden UN," his well-worth-reading
New York Review of Books essay about recent volumes about the United Nations -- including the ones
here and
here.
-- Brian Urquhart (right), who began his U.N. career in 1945 and served as Undersecretary-General from 1972 until his retirement in 1986. (photo credit) The quote appears in "Finding the Hidden UN," his well-worth-reading New York Review of Books essay about recent volumes about the United Nations -- including the ones here and here.
