Robert Mugabe asked to be UN 'leader for tourism'

[paulnolan]

With a line-up that includes Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, and Ricky Martin, the UN's choice of ambassadors has been known to cause raised eyebrows or the odd smirk.

Seldom, however, has there been such anger, or questioning of the organisation's credibility, as that greeting the appointment of a new international envoy for tourism:

Comments

[sparkindarkness]

Mugabe. For tourism? Seriously - how can this NOT be the Onion?

How can you even be a tourism ambassador when you can't travel to so many countries? To say nothing of the human rights issues... ugh, I give up, I really do. this is an endorsement of the evil shit he does.

[aviv_b]

It's the UN - twice as ridiculous and not nearly as funny at the Onion.

[thecityofdis]

stealing this quote for later, ty

[a_grumble_cake]

And a report praising Qaddafi’s human rights record was recently passed at the Human Rights Council shortly after the first ever debate about gay rights was met with protest walkouts by voting members of the council. Just another day at the UN....

[redqueenofevil]

Are you kidding me? I missed this bit of news. *fumes*

[layweed]

You fucking kidding me right? The only way Mugabe would even be any sort of "leader for tourism" is by telling people where not to go because he's run his country into the fucking ground and then 6 feet under that.

[redqueenofevil]

This has been bugging me every since I heard the news this morning. What kind of drugs are the UN on? Mugabe is a criminal, not an ambassador.

[roseofjuly]

What the actual fuck, UN?