As
Yemeni
Laureate Calls
SC Resolution
"Bad, Worse,"
Ban
Meeting at UN
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 19,
updated -- As
Yemeni Nobel
laureate
Tawkol Karman
entered
the UN at 5:05
pm a rainy
Wednesday,
Inner City
Press asked
her if
she'd seen the
draft Security
Council
resolution.
"Yes,"
she
said, "I've
seen it and
it's bad. It's
worse that the
first."
Karman
was on her
way up to meet
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon. Some
of the
journalists
trying to
cover the
meeting
complained
that normal
e-mail notice
of
the meeting
and photo
opportunity
were not sent.
"It's like
they
don't want us
to cover it,"
one said.
Karman on Oct
18, (c) MRLee
Even
after the
meeting with
Ban Ki-moon,
while
reporters were
told Karman
was up on
the second
floor being
interviewed by
the UN's own
radio station
UN
Radio, she was
not there, nor
on the first
floor. Ban's
spokesman
said that
Karman did not
hand any
letter to Ban,
and promised a
read-out.
Update
of
6:04 pm --
here is the
read out the
UN put out:
Readout
of
the
Secretary-General’s
meeting with
Ms. Tawakkul
Karman, 2011
Nobel Peace
Laureate, on
19 October
2011
Secretary-General
Ban
Ki-moon today
met with Ms.
Tawakkul
Karman, 2011
Nobel Peace
Laureate from
Yemen. The
Secretary-General
congratulated
Ms. Karman
on her award
of the 2011
Nobel Peace
Prize and paid
tribute to her
efforts to
promote,
peace, justice
and human
rights for all
in Yemen.
The
Secretary-General
appreciated
hearing her
views about
the current
situation in
Yemen and
shared her
concern that
the protracted
political
stalemate had
led to a
deterioration
of the
economic and
humanitarian
situation as
well as an
escalation of
violence
causing
great
suffering for
the Yemeni
people. The
Secretary-General
reassured Ms.
Karman that
the United
Nations was
doing
everything
possible to
help the
Yemeni people
resolve the
current
political
standoff and
to promote an
orderly,
inclusive and
Yemeni-led
transition
process. He
emphasized
that the
United Nations
had a
clear stance
against
impunity for
gross human
rights
violations.
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