Not Long Now...

Hi there,

Well, in one week's time I'll be on a plane, halfway to Singapore. We haven't heard any bad news from DFAT in Geneva about the Commission not going ahead, but we've been warned that it'll possibly be shorter than anticipated. Even though we are due in Geneva for our briefing in about 3 weeks, everything is still somewhat up in the air. There are - I believe - still negotiations happening in New York, and frankly it seems that the plot is only thickening.

I'm spending some time in Prague, London and Paris before heading over to Geneva, and hope to catch up with one of the other interns - Aedan - in Paris before we get to Geneva.

Aedan, Stuart and I have all been emailing in bursts, about accommodation, travel, trains and planes, food, language and all sorts of business, but today we had a very interesting emailed conversation about our respective views on Human Rights. It turns out that we all have quite similar views, we've all been quite active in our own small ways, and it seems that we are all going to face the challenges, conflicts and tensions that I wrote about in my first post.

As I'm getting ready to leave I'm getting really excited about getting there, getting into the Palais des Nations, and watching one of the worlds most important and intriguing organisations at work. It's going to be great!

J x