Despite efforts to prevent a World Food Summit style fiasco, the United Nations was unable to completely avoid criticism over the huge amount of money spent at its Sustainable Development Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
British tabloid the Sun published details on some of the food being served for VIP delegates at Johannesburg’s five-star Michelangelo Hotel. They included,
- 5,000 oysters
- 1,000 lbs. of lobster and shellfish
- 4,400 lbs. of fillet steak and chicken breasts
- 450 lbs. of salmon
- 1,000 lbs. of bacon and sausage
All of it, as The Sun noted, being paid for ultimately by the taxpayers of participating nations. The newspaper also noted inconvenient facts such as,
The 60,000 summit delegates from 182 countries are expected to drink 80,000 bottles of mineral water during the conference.
Yet each day 6,000 African children die from diseases caused by contaminated water.
Ah, priorities.
Source:
Lobsters, caviar and brandy for MPs at summit on starvation. Neil Syson, The Sun (UK), September 2, 2002.
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