On
DPRK, UN Draft
Has Exemption
for Diplomats'
UN Travel,
Zeroes in on
Yachts
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, March
5 -- Two hours
after US
Ambassador
Susan Rice
circulated a
draft
resolution on
North Korea's
February 12
nuclear
test to UN
Security
Council
members, a
self described
“Security
Council
Diplomat
Familiar With
the
Negotiations”
(or Text)
described and
answered
questions
about the
text.
The
diplomat,
dubbed SCDFWN
or, here,
“ScudFawn”
said among
other
things that
the draft
resolution has
precedent
setting travel
elements -- to
kick out of
countries
anyone working
for particular
entities -- as
well as
banking
provision
based on Iran
sanctions.
ScudFawn
said
the draft
deals with
North Korean
diplomats “who
abuse their
diplomatic
privileges.”
Inner
City Press
asked ScudFawn
if this might
apply to
Democratic
People's
Republic of
Korea
diplomats at
the United
Nations, and
how that could
be consisted
with the UN's
Host Country
Agreement.
ScudFawn,
familiar
with the text,
answered that
the draft has
a line on this
issue, stating
that nothing
in the travel
bans or kick
out of
territory
provisions can
be read as
impacting
North Korean
diplomats'
travel to UN
headquarters.
But
once in New
York, it
seems,
violations of
the Vienna
Convention
such
as abuse of
diplomatic
pouches could
result in
expulsion.
In
provision
likely to be
widely
reported,
ScudFawn said
the draft is
more specific
about luxury
goods, listing
for example
jewelry and
yachts.
One
imagines, too,
joked about
the trip of
Dennis Rodman.
At last
night's
Council on
Foreign
Relations
session with
Michael
Posner,
reported by
Inner City
Press, Posner
was asked
about Rodman's
trip. Posner
said
he liked
Rodman when he
was with the
Chicago Bulls,
that's it. Rim
shot, no
rebound. Watch
this site.
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