U N I n t e r n s h i p N e w s l e t t e r Un Stagiaire Issue 2


Queen Elizabeth Praises UN in First Trip since 1957


James Aldworth FIFTY-THREE years after


her first visit to the United Nations Queen Elizabeth II returned on 6th July to address


the General


Assembly for the second time in her 58-year reign. In 1957 she had floated into the Assembly Hall in a black dress and fur wrap at the age of 31, this time it was at a more measured pace, wearing one of her signature outfits with matching hat. Along with many other


interns and staff members I eagerly queued the previous Thursday morning to clinch one of the 140 tickets on offer. It was interesting to see and hear that those in line were from a huge variety of coun- tries. After securing brilliant seats


in the upper balcony of the GA, with its panoramic view of the space, we sat and wait- ed, chatted and took many photos, all keen to capture the unique surroundings and our presence at this historic event. Her Majesty arrived with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh and an assorted entourage. The President of the General Assembly H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki pro- vided introductory remarks, the Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon made a short and at times witty speech and then she was up, making for a small figure as she stood behind the speaker’s podium. The Queen has a very dis-


tinct style in her delivery of speeches and they can some- times come across as quite dry. This time at eight min- utes in length it was short and snappy, significantly shorter


Ole, Ole, Ole...


Spanish Intern Delight at World Cup Win


Raman Nijjar ON JUNE 11th 2010 people


from all walks of life came together to reel in the excite- ment of the 2010 World Cup Final as The Social and Sports Committees joined forces to bring the big event to interns. Around


60 interns f r o m a r o u n d the world gathered at


Overlook Bar


The on


There was a fantastic atmos- phere of anticipation and excitement and everyone was on the edge of their seat right from the kick-off. The tension in the match


“I don’t have a good


feeling about this,” - Leonore de


Roquefeuil, referring to the aggressive start.


44th Streetin anticipation of the big match. While there were a few fans of the Netherlands, the majority seemed to favour Spain. The rooftop reserved for the


interns filled up very quickly. Indeed, many fans were standing and chairs had up to three people sitting on them.


was also quite evident. The tension was evident At some moments during the game some fans got a bit testy to say the least. The tension at


the Overlook was matched only by the ten- sion in the game itself. The game was getting rough


and there was no flow as the referee stopped the game countless times. “I don’t have a good feeling


about this,” said Leonore de Roquefeuil, referring to the aggressive start to the match. “The 10:1 ratio of Dutch


supporters against Spanish ones present in the stadium


than Gaddafi’s speech last September, which finally fin- ished after 90 minutes! It was well balanced, a mixture of praise for the UN’s work, comparison between 1957 and 2010 and thoughts for the future. I particularly liked her reference to leadership, "It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leader- ship of all." She made three references


to the Commonwealth, an intergovernmental organiza- tion that she is deeply inter- ested in. The Queen is head of state of 16 UN member coun- tries and is Head of the Commonwealth of 54 coun- tries whose inhabitants total in excess of two billion peo- ple, this ceremonial role, however, is not hereditary. This alliance of nations has continued to grow and inter-


Friday July 16th 2010


Queen elizaBeth ii ahead of her Speech at the ga


estingly now contains two members without historical ties to the United Kingdom, Mozambique and Rwanda. Monarchist or republican, I


think is fair to say that her visit was well received. There


is no doubting that the posi- tion she holds is both compli- cated and demanding, it will be interesting to see how this position, and that of United Nation’s, looks in 53 years time.


Miguel SanchezMartinez (left) and andréS Barragán andino (right) celeBrate Spain'S win with fellow SpaniardS and fanS in coluMBuS circle.


nor


the intrepid dribbling skills of Robben (man, that guy runs like hell...) nor the utterly per- ilous long-distance power shots from Sneijder was enough to outplay ‘la Furia Roja’ (The Red Fury - The


Also in this issue:


Page 2: Missions Update (Tara June Winch) and Seminars Update (Seun Shokunbi, Joanne Claudon)


National Team)”, said Spanish Intern Miguel


Spanish Sanchez


Martinez. Pressure mounted when the


90 minutes was up and the game proceded into extra time. In extra time both


Page 3: Intern Profiles (Hege Forsvoll),


My Neighborhood (Neeti Bandodker), Events Calendar


photo: raMan nijjar teams


had their chances and pretty good ones at that, but failed to produce anything. It wasn’t until the last half of extra time that Spain picked it up and did the remarkable... Continued Page 2


Page 4: UNIWC (Tito Bonde)


Peck Gee Chua,


Raymond Weng Pong, Academic Impact


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