HistoryPorn @lemmy.world infeeeee @lemm.ee 2mo ago Group Photo of leaders at the UN Millennium Summit, 2000-09-06. ALT Millennium Summit on WikipediaList of delegates to the Millennium SummitSource
Thought I'd try to see how many I remembered.Is that Aleksandr Lukashenko, Pres. of Belarus?Abdullah II, King of JordanLooks familiar... but also looks like a mugshot :DTony Blair, PM of BritainJacques Chirac, Pres. of FranceBill Clinton, Pres. of the USKofi Annan, Sec Gen of the UNJiang Zemin, Pres. of PRCVladmir Putin, Pres of Russian FederationCan't remember but I'll guess the Pres. of Indonesia.Fidel Castro, Pres. of CubaGerhard Schröder, Chancellor of the Fed. Rep. of GermanyEdvard Shevardnadze, Pres. of GeorgiaJean Chrétien, PM of CanadaVaclav Havel, Pres. of the Cezch Rep.Omar Bashir, Pres of Sudan?Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian AuthorityJohn Howard, PM of AustraliaEhud Barak, PM of IsraelI know this guy (with the mustache) but I just can't remember. Pres of Argentina?I feel like he was PM of IrelandAnother one whose face I recognize but can't quite remember. I was thinking Mahmud Abbas, but two Palestinians in the same shot? Can't be right.Réné Préval, Pres of Haiti. Embarrassing I only got him on a 2nd/3rd look, because I actually met him in 2001.Hugo Chávez, Pres of Venezuela
A full listing if you want to check:https://www.carlomarullodicondojanni.net/Marullo%20english/Pubblicazioni/rivista/UN%20Millennium%20Summit%20-%20List%20of%20Participants%20in%20Group%20Photo/UN%20Millennium%20Summit%20-%20List%20of%20Participants%20in%20Group%20Photo.htm
PS Just recognized Pervez Musharraf, Pres of Pakistan. 3rd row from top, left of centre, glasses and mustache.
So many suit clones. I can’t wait until suits are no longer the norm. So constricting and gross!
Ugh and it's that 90s style when everyone wore super baggy suits.
I never understood why people wear them. And they are all really the same. What is the point?