October 22, 2007...2:43 pm
High Tea With The Ambassadors’ Wives…
By Bruce Millar, Control Arms Campaigner
Vavine Gabi and I attended a colourful event on Friday, afternoon tea with the association of UN Ambassadors’ wives. We had been kindly invited by Susan Issy, the wife of the Papua New Guinea Ambassador Robert Issy.
Vavine lost her mother to gun violence in Papua New Guinea, and is member of the PNG Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. She has come to New York to work with Control Arms and to speak at the Global People’s Consultation event at the UN on Monday 22 October.
Susan arrived at 3pm on the dot and led us upstairs where we were greeted by over 50 women, a table of international food and a 3 piece wind band! The wives were charming company and with such an international mix the conversation was never dull. I soon got over my slightly intimidating status as the only male guest and settled down to a 20 minute performance by the band and a plate of delicious food.
After we had eaten Vavine stood up to introduce herself and explained what she was doing in New York at the UN. The audience was visibly moved and many approached Vavine afterwards to commend her on her courage and determination to make her voice heard.
All in all it was a very enjoyable afternoon - we even won a prize in the raffle!!
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October 22, 2007 at 3:29 pm
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