As Ban
Denounces N.
Korea
Test &
Rhetoric of
“Kim Jong-Il,”
Low Key
Committee
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, April
8 -- How
seriously are
different
parts of the
UN taking
North Korea's
threats,
including of
another
nuclear test?
In
the
Hague, UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon on
Monday
commented on
the mere rumor
or reports of
such a test.
This despite
Ban's
Spokesperson's
Office
routinely
telling Inner
City Press, we
do not comment
on media
reports.
Meanwhile
after
Monday
afternoon's
North Korea
sanctions
committee
meeting,
chairperson
Sylvie Lucus,
the Permanent
Representative
of Luxembourg
to the UN,
told the press
that the
committee did
not discuss
the “overall
situation,” or
even the
“recent
tensions.” Video here.
The
Committee
focused on
implementing
the resolution
adopted by the
Security
Council after
North Korea's
last move, the
upcoming
expiration of
its mandate,
and a possible
meeting for
all member
states about
the new
sanctions.
She
added that the
Panel of
Experts needs
more
navigation
expertise.
Another
Committee
member told
Inner City
Press it was
“boring... no
politics.”
But
noteworthy: in
the UN's
transcript of
Ban's remarks
in the Hague,
he denounced
the rhetoric
coming from
Kim Jong-Il.
That would
have to be
from beyond
the grave.
Watch this
site.
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