FOXNews.com: DRINKING PROBLEM:US Calls Out UN Diplomats For Coming to Work Drunk

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DRINKING PROBLEM:US Calls Out UN Diplomats For Coming to Work Drunk Mar 5th 2013, 01:33 UNITED NATIONS --The United States thinks the United Nations has a drinking problem. Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella, who represents the U.S. on the U.N.'s budget committee, said Monday that the tense process of negotiating the world body's annual budget is made more complicated by the number of diplomats who turn up drunk. The U.N. budget is finalized in December, when holiday parties apparently lead to some revelry spilling over into budget negotiations. The U.S. is making "the modest proposal that the negotiating rooms should in future be an inebriation-free zone," Torsella said during a private meeting of the budget committee. The U.S. mission released a transcript of his remarks. Some tipsy negotiating partners have left the U.S. "truly grateful for the strategic opportunities," he said. But Torsella said the committee should "save the champagne for toasting the successful end of the session."

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