the indian foreign minister, in his first appearance before the UN security council, accidentally picked up the speech of the portuguese foreign minister and delivered the first three minutes of the portuguese FM's speech before anyone noticed.
and that means that no one noticed, not even the indian minister s.m. krishna, when krishna noted his "satisfaction regarding the happy coincidence of having two members of the Portuguese speaking countries" addressing the security council. i guess india could still be happy about that, even if it isn't one of the two. (plus with daman and goa, maybe krishna thought it was)
india's opposition is calling for krishna to lose his post, saying he lost his "moral right" to the position for bringing shame on india. but because no one pays any more attention to security council speeches outside the security council than they do inside, it's pretty unlikely that the mistake brought any actual shame on anyone.
(via blood & treasure)
and that means that no one noticed, not even the indian minister s.m. krishna, when krishna noted his "satisfaction regarding the happy coincidence of having two members of the Portuguese speaking countries" addressing the security council. i guess india could still be happy about that, even if it isn't one of the two. (plus with daman and goa, maybe krishna thought it was)
india's opposition is calling for krishna to lose his post, saying he lost his "moral right" to the position for bringing shame on india. but because no one pays any more attention to security council speeches outside the security council than they do inside, it's pretty unlikely that the mistake brought any actual shame on anyone.
(via blood & treasure)
