Ban's Spox Dodges on
Impunity for
Haiti Cholera
Hit By
158 in
Congress
By
Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, June 30 -- When the UN of
Ban Ki-moon is asked about bringing cholera to Haiti, the answer is usually, “Our position remains unchanged” -- that is, immunity. Now it's reported that may change. But when
Inner City Press asked on June 1, Ban's spokesman again said, our position has not change.
Video here, UN transcript here and below.
On June 29, 158 members of the
U.S. Congress wrote to
Secretary of State John Kerry asking that he and the
State Department make the UN answer for bringing cholera to Haiti, including with reparations to victims.
On June 30, Inner City Press asked Ban's spokesman
Stephane Dujarric for Ban's response to the letter
....
Also:
Inner City Press: there's a meeting in
Conference Room 4 about the
DPRK (
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea) and resolution
2270, and it's weird.
It's on the webcast, but they said it's
Chatham House Rule. So I want to play by the rules even though anyone in the world can see who says what. But a self‑described UN official with a UN e-mail address said in the session that…
Spokesman:
Self‑described?
Inner City Press: I don't know. His e-mail… I don't want to use his name because they said it's Chatham House Rule. Seems like somebody made a mistake here. But to play by the rules, an unnamed UN person with a UN e-mail address said DPRK has planted intelligence agencies in two
UN agencies. And so I'm asking you, as the UN Spokesperson… he said it…
Spokesman: I don't… I don't dispute…
Inner City Press: Given that he's saying it in a UN room and he's a UN person even though he's remaining unnamed, can you find out which agencies…
Spokesman:
I'll find out what the meeting is and try to see if I can get information on it.
On
S Sudan's Wau, Ban's Spox Won't Say
How Many Killed, Ban Withholds Reports
By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, June 30 -- How low has the UN fallen, in terms of corruption, not stopping rapes, and retaliating against the
Press that asks the questions? April 16 eviction here and here. May 14
New York Times here.
On May 26 amid
UN Peacekeeping scandals ranging from rapes and sexual exploitation to the “protection of civilians” crisis exemplified by the failure at
Malakal in
South Sudan,
DPKO chief
Herve Ladsous and
DFS'
Atule Khare held a press conference. Ladsous refused any questions; and the Malakal report promised by the end of May didn't come out for three week.
On June 23, Inner City Press asked Ban Ki-moon's deputy spokesman Farhan Haq a question Ladsous refused on June 22, video of refusal here, June 23 transcript below.
Now the impact of Ban Ki-moon's UN withholding reports about its failures, and his Ladsous refusing to answer Press questions about it, become even more clear. In Wau, as fighting picks up, sources say the UN did not allow into its “
Protection of
Civilians” base those fleeing the violence.
Despite that, Ban Ki-moon issued a canned statement to some, praising the response. On June 30, Inner City Press asked Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric...
On
Burundi,
ICP Asks If Deployment to
CAR Impacted by Zeid's
Report
By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, June 30 --
The UN of Ban Ki-moon and Herve Ladsous plans to accept 800 more soldiers from Burundi for "service" in the
Central African Republic, Inner City Press was exclusively informed and got the UN to confirm on June 23. But why?
On June 30, Inner City Press asked Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric...
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