UNITED
NATIONS, May
14 -- Guinea
was not long
ago portrayed
as one of this
UN's few
success
stories. Even
a week ago,
the UN
announced that
when
its West
Africa envoy
Said Djinnit
asked the
opposition to
not
protest, they
agreed.
But
on Tuesday,
with this
decision
reversed but
the UN saying
nothing,
Inner City
Press asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesperson
Martin Nesirky:
Inner
City Press: On
Guinea, you’d
announced some
days ago that
a protest
had been
called off and
that Mr [Said]
Djinnit was
involved in
that. It’s now
said that the
opposition
have said that
the protests
are
back on, that
the talks with
Alpha Condé
led nowhere.
So I am
wondering, is
the UN still
involved and
what does it
say about this
turn of
events?
Spokesperson
Nesirky:
Well, as you
know, what we
said was that
Mr. Djinnit
was
continuing as
the
international
facilitator,
along with
local
interlocutors.
And so that
process of
engagement
continues. If
I
can get any
specific
update on the
latest, then I
will let you
know.
Later
on Tuesday --
before
inserting it
into the
transcript, to
the UN's
credit -- they
sent this to
Inner City
Press:
Subject:
Re:
Guinea
From: UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not Reply
[at] un.org
Date:
Tue, May 14,
2013 at 3:09
PM
To:
Matthew.Lee
[at]
innercitypress.com
Regarding
your
question on
Guinea, here
is our answer:
Said
Djinnit, the
International
Facilitator
and Special
Representative
of
the
Secretary-General
for West
Africa, is
currently back
in Conakry
pursuing
consultations
with the
Guinean
parties in an
attempt to
restore the
political
dialogue in
order to pave
the way for
the
holding of
free, fair and
peaceful
legislative
elections.
If
the UN
released this
at the same
time over its
squawk system
is not
know: the
squawk does
not work at
the (soon to
be moved)
Security
Council
stakeout where
Inner City
Press works
(actually it
was being
banned from
Ban's talk to
ACABQ at just
this time),
nor in all
areas
of the new
press floors.
But it was
sent, and so
we publish it
in
full. Watch
this site.
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