Bettman, if he truly loved his sport, would give up the miming masquerade of judgment that he participates in, in delegated form — Was it a hockey play?
"Late one evening," he writes, "the delegates formed a huddle in the corner, trying to agree text between themselves...Eventually, we [authors] were presented with a few sentences that, we were told, the developed countries would reject, and an alternative few sentences that, we were told, the developing countries would reject.
However, it was notable that the delegates formed a connected network, with every delegate having collaborated with at least one other delegate.
Working with the non-governmental organization and UNICEF partner Children's Radio Foundation, 16 of the young conference delegates formed part of the press crew that reported on the Zambian Children's Climate Conference.
Later in the year, the 500 will join another 200 appointed delegates to form the People's Consultative Assembly.
He is expected to propose that the loya jirga elect over 111 delegates to form a national parliament, made up of representatives from each province and from special groups.
Hamid Karzai, who was selected as interim leader by the traditional grand council gathered here, tried today to reach out to all of the nation's ethnic and regional groups as he asked the delegates to form a National Assembly to work with him.
"She wasn't good at delegating or forming a team," Wilson observed.
Delegates were forming blocs and preparing to oppose parts of the draft constitution, according to United Nations officials and diplomats.
The delegates also formed the new Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), whose constitution pledged to support "movements to further peace, internationalism, and the freedom of women".
