[governance] 20th century arrives in Geneva

[Diego Rafael Canabarro]

SS as a name for police (after the 2WW) was never a good name, was it?

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Well the claim is new to me that it is "accurate and exact" to
> reference the members of the UNOG Security and Safety Section
> (UNOG SSS) as "police", and unless a link to some official
> document stating this is given, I'll not believe it.  This is
> an important distinction for some purposes, even if it is
> probably not important for the purpose of getting the electric
> power problem in UNOG fixed.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
> Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <apisan at unam.mx> wrote:
>
> > Norbert,
> >
> > the information is accurate and exact.
> >
> > Did I say Swiss police? Suresh has already told you who this was.
> >
> > Alejandro Pisanty
> >
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >      Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
> > Facultad de Química UNAM
> > Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
> >
> >
> >
> > +52-1-5541444475 FROM ABROAD
> >
> > +525541444475 DESDE MÉXICO SMS +525541444475
> > Blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com
> > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty
> > Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn,
> > http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614 Twitter:
> > http://twitter.com/apisanty ---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico,
> > http://www.isoc.org .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > Desde: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> > [governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] en nombre de Norbert Bollow
> > [nb at bollow.ch] Enviado el: miércoles, 06 de marzo de 2013 01:28
> > Hasta: governance at lists.igcaucus.org Asunto: Re: [governance] 20th
> > century arrives in Geneva
> >
> > Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <apisan at unam.mx> wrote:
> >
> > > we tried and often exercised the power-strip approach (sometimes in
> > > long daisy-chains) in the Palais des Nations lots of times in the
> > > WSIS and successor processes, only to be cut off (and sometimes
> > > chased out of rooms) by the police, for violations of the fire code.
> > > Further, the police told us that the cords could make people trip in
> > > case the room had to be evacuated fast, another violation of fire
> > > and other safety codes.
> >
> > Assuming that this information is accurate... is it known who
> > specifically in the UN made the decision to call the police?
> >
> > (It is part of the agreement between the UN and Switzerland that the
> > Swiss police will not enter the UN compound unless specifically
> > requested to do so by the UN.)
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>      governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> To be removed from the list, visit:
>      http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing
>
> For all other list information and functions, see:
>      http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
>      http://www.igcaucus.org/
>
> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t
>
>


-- 
Diego R. Canabarro
http://lattes.cnpq.br/4980585945314597

--
diego.canabarro [at] ufrgs.br
diego [at] pubpol.umass.edu
MSN: diegocanabarro [at] gmail.com
Skype: diegocanabarro
Cell # +55-51-9244-3425 (Brasil) / +1-413-362-0133 (USA)
--
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.igcaucus.org/pipermail/governance/attachments/20130306/dea96039/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.igcaucus.org
To be removed from the list, visit:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t