Objectors
to
G77 on
Palestine
Swell to
Micronesia, Guatemala,
Nauru
& Barbados
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 30
-- On the hot
issue of
Palestine,
while the
Group of 77
has come out
with a
pro-Palestinian
Paragraph 108
to its
declaration,
as Inner City
Press
exclusively
reported on
September
29, this has
triggered
"reservations"
from Paragraph
108
from such
countries as
current
Security
Council member
Colombia,
financial
powerhouse
Singapore,
Cameroon, Cote
d'Ivoire,
Panama and
the Bahamas.
Now
the list of
those
distancing
themselves
from the
pro-Palestinian
position
includes the
small island
states of
Nauru,
Micronesia and
Barbados
according to
sources in the
GRULAC
Latin American
and
Caribbean
grouping,
and
Guatemala,
slated through
an October 21
election to
join in 2012
the Security
Council, whose
Committee on
Admission of
New Members
was meeting
Friday about
Palestine.
While
the
Palestinian
Observer
mission is
publicly
dismissive of
these
reservation,
the inclusion
of prospective
Security
Council member
Guatemala
cannot be
helpful. Some
in the GRULAC
were
surprised.
Ban
Ki-moon &
Guatemala PR
Gert
Rosenthal,
support for
Palestine not
shown
Colombia,
which
already
distanced
itself not
only from the
G77 but also
Non-Aligned
Movement
pro-Palestinian
statements, is
slated to host
a visit by
Palestinian
leader Mahmoud
Abbas within
ten days -- to
what end is
not clear.
There
appear to
be other
reservations
as well. Watch
this site.
How
an
initial G-77
memo about
reservations
was phrased:
To
:
Permanent
Missions of
the Member
States of the
Group of 77
and
China
Attn.:
Second,
Third, Fourth,
Fifth and
Sixth
Committee
delegates
From
:
Office of the
Chairman
Date
:
28 September
2011
In
continuation
of its last
circular of 26
September
2011, the
Chair
wishes to
provide
delegations
with copies of
Notes that it
has
received from
the Permanent
Missions of
Colombia, the
Republic of
Cameroon and
the Republic
of Côte
d'Ivoire which
are hereby
circulated
upon their
request
regarding
paragraph 108
of the
Declaration
adopted by the
Thirty-Fifth
Annual Meeting
of Minister
for Foreign
Affairs of the
Group of 77 on
23 September
2011 at UN
Headquarters
in New York.
Watch
this site.
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