Published 2023-11-30 21.29
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Writing agreements for UN support can be dangerous. At least if the agreement is with Kailasa, a highly fictitious country that basically conned a high-ranking political official in Paraguay, who has now been forced to leave his post.
The head of Paraguay’s Ministry of Agriculture, Secretary of State Arnaldo Chamorro, wrote unsuspectingly during a so-called declaration of intent with a representative of the United States of Kailasa.
The settlement contained, among other things, wording on expanded diplomatic contacts and Paraguayan support for a membership in the United Nations for Kailasa.
In return, Kailasa would help Paraguay with, among other things, irrigation projects.
The problem is that the country does not exist. The nation was invented by a former Indian religious leader, Nithyananda, who is wanted in his home country for, among other things, rape.
His alleged micronation is supposed to be located somewhere off the coast of Ecuador, or near Trinidad and Tobago, or somewhere in between according to Wikipedia. Nobody knows.
It was not the first time that Kailasa had succeeded in duping the outside world; earlier this year, a representative managed to attend a committee meeting within the UN in Geneva.
The city of Newark, in the US state of New Jersey, has also been shamed since it signed a twinning agreement with Kailasa.