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You couldn't make this stuff up...
So much for international organizations....
As far as I can deduce, a fellow wrote the Wharton School of Business, as a rep. of the World Trade Organization, and got put on a panel relating to investment in and development of Africa.
He proceeded to give a presentation to the effect that the only hope lay in "full private stewardship of labor." He "acknowledged that the stewardry program was similar in many ways to slavery, but explained that just as "compassionate conservatism" has polished the rough edges on labor relations in industrialized countries, full stewardry, or "compassionate slavery," could be a similar boon to developing ones." He went on to explain that AIDs and other diseases would be wiped out as soon as major companies realized they were killing their possessions.
It says something for conferences of this sort that no one asked questions, and the audience seems to have been unsure whether they were being hoaxed or not. Wharton did eventually figure out it was a leg-pull.
Can anyone here do a good forgery of UN stationary? I'd like to attend a conference on genocide as a UN representative, explaining how it is necessary to keep the victims disarmed because they might kill the aggressors, contribute to civil unrest, and by survival contribute to global warming.
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I don't have a copy of UN Letterhead to use as a benchmark, but, google led me to a NGO org. Looks like you could make up some official looking letterhead and put you "NGO org" status for your paradoy.
Making the letterhead in MS Word is easy.
cite:
Finally, should you wish to indicate your status with the United Nations of your letterhead, please use the following wording: "NGO in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations". The United Nations emblem may not be used, unless expressed approval has been granted by the Legal Office of the United Nations. This is neither granted for stationery use, nor for any printed materials describing your organisation.
http://www.quno.org/aboutUs/qunoUNStatus.htm
Posted by: Magus at November 17, 2006 08:55 PM
I think the two guys featured in that article have made a movie/documentary about their "performances". They go around posing as WTO members and give ludicrious presentations. There may have been a You Tube video about it, but I'm not sure.
Posted by: Alcibiades at November 17, 2006 11:04 PM
Awesome. I'm so glad to see that the spirit of "A Modest Proposal" is still alive.
Posted by: Beerslurpy at November 18, 2006 11:09 PM