UNITED
NATIONS, May
11 -- After
Kenya wrote to
the UN
Security
Council about
the
International
Criminal Court
cases against
President
Uhuru
Kenyatta and
Deputy
President
William Ruto,
a length
Council
consultation
took place on
May 9.
Inner
City Press covered it
in detail,
including the
outcome: that
Kenya
will write a
second letter
to the Council
to request to
meet with the
full Council.
Mid-day
on
May 10, Inner
City Press
asked the
Security
Council
president for
May, Kodjo
Menan of Togo,
for an update.
He said that
Kenya's
Permanent
Representative
to the UN had
indicate he
would submit
the
second letter
very shortly.
Among
the issues
that arose in
Thursday's
consultations
was whether
Kenya's
Permanent
Representative
can meet and
make his case
to the full
Council, or
only to a
working group.
Rwanda,
whose
Ambassador
Eugene
Richard Gasana
led or
initiative the
push on this,
told
Inner City
Press on the
record that
it would be
insulting to
refer a member
state to a
working group.
A number of
Council
members
supported and
support this
position.
But
it's worth
noting that
when Reuters
"reported" on
the
issue, it
had
nothing about
the issue of
the second
letter, or
with whom
Kenya's
Permanent
Representative
would meet.
Rather,
Reuters
quoted an
unnamed
"senior
council
diplomat, who
spoke on
the condition
of anonymity"
that the
granting of
even a
deferral
of prosecution
for a year
would be
"unlikely."
So
this Western
view is
presented, as
the only view,
with nothing
on
what actually
took place in
the Council.
It's not just
that it's one-
(Western)
sided: it's
also lazy and
incomplete.
But
this is the
agency which
was unwilling
to provide a
copy or
summary
of any policy
on crediting
other media
for use of
their
exclusive
reports, and
which in fact
unethically
bases
compensation
on how many
of a
correspondent's
stories are
called
"exclusives,"
accurately or
as often
happens,
inaccurately.
This
is how the UN
and Security
Council are
being reported
on. Watch this
site.
Footnote:
Since
the campaign
involving
Reuters UN
bureau chief
and UNCA First
Vice President
Louis
Charbonneau continues
and continues
to
evolve, it's
worth noting
that
while Reuters'
Kenya "story"
was bylined by
Michelle
Nichols, it
was
re-distributed
by
Charbonneau.
They call it
(false)
Buzz...
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