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In UN World Cup Africa Beat Europe on Penalties While In UK Tamils Face Abkhazia in CONIFA

By Matthew Russell Lee, Video

UNITED NATIONS, May 31 – At 5 pm on May 31 as a draft resolution about Gaza was pending in the UN Security Counci amid a call by Kuwait for a vote at 6 pm, a football (or soccer) tournament was held on a small fenced off part of the UN's North Lawn. Ambassadors faced off by region, with Latin America (or GRULAC) winning third place and Africa meeting Europe in the final. Inner City Press ran out from the Security Council stakeout and live-streamed what it could on Periscope, here, which is for now banned on the UN's 38th floor by Secretary General Antonio Guterres and his spokesman.

   Africa with the Ambassador of Tunisia as playmaker built up a lead, firing goals past the Ambassador of impending Security Council member Germany. But the Europeans came back to tie it in regulation time, sending the final to penalties.

  In that round, Tunisia sealed and soon medals were being awarded by the President of the General Assembly Miroslav Lajcak and, incongruously, new Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy. Neither New York Governor nor his opponent Cynthia Nixon was on hand, nor Mayor De Blasio and his Ambassador on International Affairs.

 A German band played and invitation was made for sausages and beer in a tent by the East River - until Inner City Press was informed there might be a vote at 7 pm on Kuwait's Gaza draft, here. Just before 8 pm that was canceled, and put over to June 1 and the Security Council presidency of RUssia, which has its own World Cup event at 6 pm on June 1. Inner City Press asked Georgia's Ambassador about an alternative World Football Cup, CONIFA, including Abkhazia and Tamil Eelam among others, which has begun in London. Video here, six second Vine here. Watch this site.

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