At
UN, Ivorian PR Tanoh-Boutchoué
Passes, After UNSC Shift on
Syria, Sweden Trip, RIP
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS,
April 18 – Ivorian Ambassador
to the UN Bernard
Tanoh-Boutchoué died suddenly
on April 18, just before the trip
to Sweden of the UN Security
Council on which Cote d'Ivoire
serves. Diplomats from fellow
Council members Ethiopia
and Kuwait
quickly expressed condolence,
as did the Permanent
Representative of
Colombia, whose country
is on the Council's agenda on
April 19. Cote d'Ivoire has
been in evolution on the
Council, first abstaining on
the proposal for Prince Zeid
to brief on human rights in
Syria, then voting with France
and others for a meeting about
Douma. Through it all, Bernard
Tanoh-Boutchoué had a quiet,
dignified presence. Rest in
peace - along with Ahmed
Boukhari, long time
representative at the UN of
Western Sahara's Frente
Polisario, who died of cancer
in Bilbao, Spain, multiple
sources told Inner City Press
on April 3.
Boukhari's death
came as the annual acrimonious
process of debating, behind
closed doors, and extended the
mandate of the UN's MINURSO
mission has begun. The “R” in
MINURSO stands for referendum
on independence, which the UN
was supposed to have conducted
but has yet to; Ahmed Boukhari
never got to see it.
Inner City Press'
strongest memories of Boukhari
were of his attempts to
advocate for the referendum,
waiting to speak at the UN
Television stakeout and even
having the plug pulled
on him. The UN can be a
thuggish organization, and it
will be the poorer without
Ahmed Boukhari. Rest in peace.
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