UNITED
NATIONS,
February 18 --
Three weeks
ago, Inner
City Pres was
first
to report
that Nicholay
Mladenov would
leave his
position as
the UN's envoy
to Iraq, to
replace Robert
Serry as
Middle East
Coordinator.
At that time,
Inner City
Press said
it would
report on
Mladenov's
successor in
Iraq.
And now, based
on sources on
the UN's 38th
floor and in
the field,
Inner City
Press can
report that
the next UN
envoy to Iraq
will be Jan Kubis.
Out of respect
for an initial
but impeccable
sourcing,
Inner City
Press waited
to report it
until now.
The move
positions
Kubis well, as
well as
possible given
his gender, in
the race to
replace Ban
Ki-moon as
Secretary
General.
(Inner City
Press story
here.) The
post is said
slated for the
Eastern European
group. Kubis
was previously
foreign
minister of
his native
Slovakia.
Eighteen
months in Baghdad,
if successful,
would be just
the argument
to win the
secret ballot
of the
Permanent Five
(P5) Security
Council
members that,
for now,
determines who
the SG will
be.
When he was envoy
to Afghanistan,
Kubis deftly
handled the
P5. (Inner
City Press questioned
Kubis, for example
here). He
also served
Ban on issues
in Kyrgyzstan.
What will
other SG
candidates be
doing for the
next eighteen
months?
That the UN's
new Middle
East
coordinator
will be
Nickolay
Mladenov,
Inner City
Press was able to report exclusively on January 30,
with sourcing
from Permanent
Representatives
that the
letter, which
Inner City
Press saw, had
gone to the
Security
Council.
Of this
exclusive
report, at
least 11 hours
before any
other mention,
Inner City
Press on
February 2
directly asked
UN Spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric,
including
though what
process and
timing
Mladenov is to
be replaced in
Iraq.
Dujarric
declined to
confirm,
despite the
Secretary
General's
letter. Video
here.
Earlier, Inner
City Press
reported that
Mladenov was
leaving his
post as UN
envoy to Iraq;
before that,
Inner City
Press asked
Robert Serry
how he was
remaining in
the Middle
East post past
Ban Ki-moon's
stated five
year rule, and
despite PNG
(persona non
grata) threats
from Israel.
Now, the
switch is
being made.
The
hint, as to
Iraq, was as
Inner City
Press
exclusively
reported, the
UK's attempt
to pick
Mladenov's
successor.
That was
opposed, and
rejected. Now,
after a “rude”
call from UK
Prime Minister
Cameron to Ban
Ki-moon,
sources say
rather than
Cameron's
first pick
Andrew
Lansley, UK
candidate
Caroline
Spelman is in
the lead.
Picking
Mladenov's
successor in
Iraq is in its
final stages,
and we will
have more on
that soon.
[See above.]
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