UN to appoint envoy for…aliens

And not aliens as in “legal vs. illegal”, but as in “E.T. phone home.”  Excerpt:

THE United Nations was set today to appoint an obscure Malaysian astrophysicist to act as Earth’s first contact for any aliens that may come visiting.

Mazlan Othman, the head of the UN’s little-known Office for Outer Space Affairs (Unoosa), is to describe her potential new role next week at a scientific conference at the Royal Society’s Kavli conference centre in Buckinghamshire.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Somebody please remind me again: why in the blue hell are we still a member nation of the United Nations?