Why Shouldn’t I Date an Annex-1 Guy?
Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Leela Raina in Adopt a Negotiator, India
To date, or not to date? ...And why?
Here with the 12 of our team tracking the delegations here at Bangkok, I’m really tempted to go out in the evenings after a hard day’s work in the negotiations. I think that after running after 60-year-old negotiators from my country that I require some youthful energy to enthuse the atmosphere!
So the potential dating league involves the guys from the developed countries (a.k.a. the “Annex 1″ countries like the USA, Canada, European Union, Russia, Australia, Japan etc.) and the girls are from India, Brazil, China, South Africa, etc (i.e. the non-Annex 1 - or rather, developing and least developed - countries.)
From the perspective of a Non Annex 1 (Indian) girl, I feel that it would be literally impossible for me to personally find love among my team of 12 (keep in mind, there are no non-Annex 1 guys) due to the following very very STRONG reasons:
1. He is not willing to COMMIT
I was thinking about it. And then, “Leela, I will think about it, but I have loads of domestic responsibilities (read: girls back home) to undertake,” said the American Tracker. Whereas all the others supported him, obviously, collectively coming to a decision as the European Union, but nevertheless made their individual statements.
Instead they all say: Lets start all over again, lets try and get to know each other! (Read: shift the emissions measuring baseline from the year 1990 to 2005). What is keeping you from committing? Is it the reason that you feel I’ll dominate the relationship in the long run? (Read: I’ll develop more than you over the years?)
2. He takes more S P A C E in the relationship
Adam- the Canadian Tracker
He takes more of the space in the relationship (read: has a massively higher proportion of pollution than us) and still demands he needs more space!
This is so totally NOT FAIR!
3. He refuses to FINANCE dinners
Although they have so much more money considering the dollar to baht exchange rate is amazing, they fail to fund my dinners. So I end up paying for myself, but considering that I don’t have the capacity to buy special desserts and exotic cakes, it becomes difficult to try and eat my share! (Read: we can fund local missions like solar but in case we need to scale up activities we require your help!)
4. Hates my mother (Read: Hates the rules imposed on him by the Kyoto Protocol)
Does not agree to any principles and conditions my Indian mother puts before him, such as getting back earlier than midnight (etc., etc.,) and definitely hates my mother for them! (Read: doesn’t like the conditions imposed and will not ratify them at any cost.)
Florent- The French tracker
My mother is the most special and essential part of my life, how can you neglect her like this? (Read: I have signed onto the Kyoto Protocol and my commitment period is coming to an end not the protocol!)
5. Doesn’t let me use the TV remote or the computer (Read: no transfer of technology)
I am deprived of using any sort of advanced technologies. Do you think that I don’t know how to use them? I come from India , we literally live with software and know the C-to-S of computers.
6. Wouldn’t save me if I fall off a cliff / Earthquakes hits/flash floods take place
Read: We are already losing lives and their inaction on emission reductions could push us over the cliff towards run away climate change. He’s not going to come in a helicopter to save me like a Bollywood movie hero, unfortunately. (Read: countries are already feeling the effects of climate change and the world is not reaching out with enough support for adaptation.)
7. Doesn’t follow through and is indecisive
Read: One second Obama is at the United Nations high-level summit promising big things… and yet, here in Bangkok there is little to no action to match up with those high remarks. Why do we hear different views all the time?
8. Constantly steals the covers
Is it that they just don’t have any concept of sharing?? And then they go and leave you outside in the cold in the middle of the night.
Andrea the Italian Tracker and Ole the German Tracker
9. Possessive and wants daily reports
Read: They want measurable, reportable and verifiable nationally appropriate emission reductions. Here’s my question: Why do you keep tracking us when you never have an answer to us as to where you are in your own emission reductions?
10. Have such a consumption-oriented lifestyle
Waste most of their money buying goods that they don’t use! We need to shift to a more sustainable lifestyle.
11. Would not make a good father
Read: clearly doesn’t care about protecting the environment for future generations and has no concept of making a better world in general.
… So what do you say, dear Annex 1? Are you willing to change, or not?
wah kya baat hai! you used your skills so craftly.
I love this!!!! You are awesome. High five.
hahahahahaha! nice!
haha, it’s so true and yet such an exaggeration, or maybe that’s just the defeated annex-1 in me, after all. =( =P
amazing write up!!! beautiful comparison!!!
Get it on Facebook… excellent way the entire jargonised thingummy has been put in simple, easy to understand way for GenX/Y/Z (that’s becoz I’m over the hill post-50)!
Hahahaha! I love it. I’m a Canadian indigenous person. We see pretty much the same thing about our wealthy white overlords. Never thought to write it up as a dating question. Maybe I should think about writing the same but in hunter’s terms.
SAME issues, same.
Hilarious. I’m sending this to my husband who attended the climate change talks in Bangkok as a volunteer with Mediators Beyond Borders. Your satire makes the climate changer lingo and esoteric UN-ese more understandable for the rest of us. :)
A ha ha. Too funny, sharing it all with my tree hugger friends from the non-annex 1 countries (read Africa). They need a good laugh!
stop running behind the guys and get a life
enjoy………
the above stated thoughts are todays reality but there are about 20-25% guys are also present who dnt follow these
Had a good old non-Annexe 1 (African) laugh!
Oh wow! How true!
This made me laugh so much Leela! Glad I finally got around to reading it. I especially love the pictures. Wish you’d been in Barcelona!
Best!
came to know abt the blog frm hindu……hence visited it!
kp goin.al d best 4 uor future project!
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awesome!!!!!!!!!!!Will see you in the evening!