UNODC
Say No Contact
with Guinea
Bissau Military
Junta, GA, Ban
UNclear
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 27
-- While the
UN remains
elusive about
whether
Guinea
Bissau's
post-coup
leader Manuel
Serifo
Nhamadjo will
speak
for the
country in the
General
Assembly, and
whether he
will meet
with Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon or his
team, the head
of the UN
Office of
Drugs and
Crime Yuri
Fedotov was
more clear
midday on
Thursday.
Inner
City Press
asked Fedotov
about UNODC's
work in and
analysis of
Guinea
Bissau,
including
whether, since
the April 12
coup d'etat,
UNODC has
worked with
the post-coup
government.
Inner City
Press asked
asked
whether UNODC
believes drug
trans-shipment
has increased
or decreased
since the
coup.
Fedotov
replied,
"Unfortunately,
it is clear
the
trans-shipment
of drugs
through Guinea
Bissau is
increasing. It
puts an
additional
challenge."
On
whether UNODC
works with the
post-coup
government, he
replied that
it
"obviously"
does not even
have any
contacts with
what he
called the
"military
junta."
Fedotov said:
"So
far we keep
our profile
very low. We
keep alive
facilities we
helped
to install in
Guinea Bissau,
including
transnational
crime unit.
Obviously as
you understand
we don't have
any contacts
with members
of the
military junta
in Guinea
Bissau. But we
are keeping
the modest
assets we
built, in
close
coordination
with all UN
programs and
fund
present
there... That
is an issue we
are discussion
with
colleagues.
I've had
several
meeting in New
York. We'll
continue to
pursue matter
and we'll see
what could be
done in this
particular
context."
One
wonders, who
has Fedotov
met with about
this while in
New York for
the General
Assembly? With
whom has
Manuel Serifo
Nhamadjo met?
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site.
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