January 03, 2005
That's the sclerotic UN bureaucracy. They've flown in (or nearby, or overhead) a couple of experts to assess the situation and they've issued press releases boasting about the assessments. In Sri Lanka, Egeland's staff informs us, "UNFPA is carrying out reproductive health assessments". Which, translated out of UN-speak, means the Sri Lankans can go screw themselves.Marc Stein



