Amid
UN
SC Stalling
with
"Palestine
Ping Pong,"
Mansour Says
October
Conclusion
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 13 --
The Security
Council's slow
charade of
mulling
Palestine's
application
for UN members
continued
Thursday in a
three
hour meeting
in the
Council's
consultations
room.
Afterward
representatives
of the "Strong
Six"
supporting
Palestine
expressed
frustration,
that those
seeking delay
spoke in
circles and
now wanted to
refer the
matter back up
to the level
of Permanent
Representatives
and then have
it sent down
again. One wag
dubbed this
"Palestine
Ping Pong."
October's
Security
Council
president Joy
Ogwu of
Nigeria told
the press that
the process
is "arduous,"
and that the
Committee
might meet
again as
early as
Friday. (Later
when the
Committee
members left,
several
said the next
meeting would
be Monday at
earliest.)
Inner
City Press
asked Ogwu if
she expected
the process at
the experts'
level to be
completed
during her
presidency.
She said she
didn't know.
Abbas launches
bid Sept 23,
Palestine Ping
Pong not shown
Palestinian
Permanent
Observer Riyad
Mansour
arrived after
the meeting
was over.
He told Inner
City Press,
"This process
will come to a
conclusion
soon."
Inner
City Press
asked him,
"During the
Nigerian
presidency?"
"Yes,"
Mansour
said or
predicted.
We'll see.
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