On
Palestine,
Sudan Tells
ICP It'll
"Present the
Project" at
UN, Rebuffs
ICC Question
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
November 28 --
The day before
the vote
on Palestine
become a
UN Observer
State, as
some countries
make public
and explain
their
positions, the
question arose
of how and by
whom the
Observer State
resolution
will be
introduced.
Earlier,
Inner
City Press put the
draft and
final
versions of
the resolution
online,
and reported
discussions at
the UN that
Palestine
could not
introduce its
own
resolution.
The
chair this
month of the
Arab Group at
the UN is
Sudan, whose
Permanent
Representative
Daffa-Alla
Elhag Ali
Osman was
asked if he
would in fact
introduce it,
in light of
the
International
Criminal
Court
indictment of
President Omar
al Bashir.
Daffa-Alla
Elhag
Ali Osman
declined to
answer these
questions on
his way into
the Security
Council
Wednesday
morning. But
later Inner
City Press
asked him
directly.
Daffa-Alla
Elhag Ali
Osman
exclusively
told Inner
City Press, No
one can stop
us from
speaking on
and presenting
the
project.
He
went on to
say, I don't
understand
some reporters
there, they
just
want things to
be done their
way, they have
no knowledge
of the
procedures or
precedents.
Inner
City Press
asked the
Permanent
Representative
of Morocco,
which has
been
representing
the Arab Group
in the
Security
Council, most
recently on
Gaza.
Aftersaying he
has been
trying to
reach the
Palestinian
delegation he
replied, that
was the
Security
Council,
tomorrow
is the General
Assembly. So,
there, Sudan
represents the
Arab Group.
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