Drunk UN diplomat in rant against Ban Ki-moon and Americans

THE most senior Chinese diplomat at the United Nations delivered a drunken rant last week against his boss, secretary general Ban Ki-moon, and Americans at a retreat in Austria, a report said yesterday.

Sha Zukang, the UN undersecretary general for economic and social affairs, did not pull punches in a toast at a dinner in Alpbach, Foreign Policy magazine reported on its website, citing a senior UN official who attended the event.

“I know you never liked me, Mr secretary general – well, I never liked you either,” the official quoted Sha as saying in a toast to Ban.