29-01-2003 09:48									#1
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This is what you would find.

	29-01-2003 09:54									#2
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Strange things happen when you give committee chairs based on the letters of the alphabet .

	29-01-2003 16:24									#3
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That's RAD, and I have no idea why it didn't get as much press as the fact that Libya's now got chairmanship of the UN comission on Human Rights.

Both of them make me a very happy camper.

	29-01-2003 22:36									#6
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man, this is just rubbing it in the face of bush...thank god too

	29-01-2003 23:15									#7
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Yay! UN

	30-01-2003 06:50									#8
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Everytime I think I've heard every sick possibility, the UN teaches me something new. I thought the Libya thing was a bad as it could get...

	30-01-2003 06:53									#9
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I can hardly wait until the U.S. is chosen to chair the committee on gun control.

	30-01-2003 06:55									#10
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When is it Iran's turn to head the committee?

Edit: Or have they already done so?

	30-01-2003 07:03									#11
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc When is it Iran's turn to head the committee? Edit: Or have they already done so?

They are next. The order probably using the native speeling of Irak, before Iran, rather than English Iraq, after Iran.

	30-01-2003 07:07									#12
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They are co-chairs according to the article. 2 for 1 deal..

quote: Therefore, joining Iraq as co-chair for the session in Geneva, Switzerland, will be Iran.

	30-01-2003 07:14									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola They are next. The order probably using the native speeling of Irak, before Iran, rather than English Iraq, after Iran.

What is native about our western alphabet for them?

	30-01-2003 07:19									#14
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Say rather a more native spelling in the roman alpabet. If you are going to alphabetize, you need to use one alhabet, transliterating as best as possible.
Does the Arabic script coreespond letter for letter to the roman alphabet? or to the Cryllic? or have a different order or letters of its own?

	30-01-2003 07:28									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Zkribbler I can hardly wait until the U.S. is chosen to chair the committee on gun control.

That would be an interesting committee assignment...

	30-01-2003 07:48									#16
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quote: Does the Arabic script coreespond letter for letter to the roman alphabet?

Not even close, arabic have three h's, a rolled g thingie that I can't pronounce no matter how hard I try, and a couple consonants (like d, s and t) that can be said in a wierd front of the mouth manner that have a different meaning than normal letters (are written as letters with dots under them in transliterations) and that's just some of the fun

	30-01-2003 07:54									#17
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that sucks... and very ironic as well

	30-01-2003 08:18									#18
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Very ironic....makes one wonder what the world's diplomatic corp is really up to!

	30-01-2003 10:06									#19
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Apparently they use English speeling for the rotation. This from another article:

"India now holds it and will be followed by Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland and Israel as countries take the job in alphabetical order"