If superlatives were being given to committees, the AU would be crowned “the most clownish.”
The main culprit was the delegate of Ghana; he was sent out of the committee for using his phone, forced to stare regretfully into the room through a glass window like a lovelorn ex-boyfriend. He was eventually let back in, only for his brain to fail him (no surprise there) as he was added impromptu to the speakers’ list to discuss potential solutions to the Somalian Refugee Crisis.
Other highlights of the committee include a delegate laughing so hard, he was wiping tears from his eyes, then being told to stand in a corner of the room and face away. At this, the rest of the committee spent the next two minutes giggling hopelessly. Another memorable mishap was the delegate of Ethiopia being referred to as the “delegate of Utopia” in a complaint, where the complainer said he was “making tongues…” Decode that as you wish.
Little to no progress was made in relation to the agenda; where Somalian refugees suffer from homelessness and thirst, the AU delegates play around with water guns in air-conditioned, carpeted rooms. Perhaps the AU should ditch their agendas and stick to their talents - being entertaining buffoons.
YOLO, African Union. Refugees who?
Samidha Panicker
South China Morning Post
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