Malloch Brown and December 5
The leaking of yesterday's NYTimes story on the secret December 5 "woodshed" meeting of top US supporters of the UN and Kofi Annan (see post a few down) was interestingly timed to serve as a precursor to the announcement, made later yesterday, that the somewhat renegadish Briton Molloch Brown is being named Kofi's right-hand man.
The Times of London said this of Brown: "a former Economist journalist educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, is considered to be one of the most politically savvy and media-friendly officials in the UN system," and quoted Brown saying, “I’d like to think that the Secretary-General wants me to make a move, which in a formal sense isn’t a promotion, because he wanted this particular set of management, policy and communications skills at this particular time available to him.”
De-diplomaticized, that reads, "I was shoved on Annan. He had no choice."
Curiously, as of this hour, The Economist,has nothing on its site about the appointment of its former employee.
The Times of London said this of Brown: "a former Economist journalist educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, is considered to be one of the most politically savvy and media-friendly officials in the UN system," and quoted Brown saying, “I’d like to think that the Secretary-General wants me to make a move, which in a formal sense isn’t a promotion, because he wanted this particular set of management, policy and communications skills at this particular time available to him.”
De-diplomaticized, that reads, "I was shoved on Annan. He had no choice."
Curiously, as of this hour, The Economist,has nothing on its site about the appointment of its former employee.
posted by Laer at 7:19 AM
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