After a long time, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Gali cleared his throat, breaking the silence: "Given the significant differences among parties, this meeting is temporarily adjourned..."
Joachim didn't listen to the rest of the words. He took out his phone and sent a message to Casare: "The Security Council debate is over, and the European Union has made no substantive moves as of now, but they will not let this go."
The phone quickly received a reply, with only one word: "Good."
Over an hour later.
As soon as the glass doors of the United Nations Conference Hall were pushed open, flashlights lit up like a sudden rainstorm. Reporters crowded the marble corridor, thrusting microphones and recorders like dense reeds toward the representatives who had just left the hall.
