By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, April
16 -- Can
media access
to a country's
monthly
Presidency of
the UN
Security
Council be
privatized, to
a sub-set of
correspondents
which has been
engaged in
censorship and
trying to get
investigative
media thrown
out of the UN?
A response to
the question
has been received,
and is below.
The
question was
squarely
raised by
South Korea's
upcoming May
presidency and
a notice sent
out on April
14 by the
United Nations
Correspondents
Association,
which has become
Ban's UN's
Censorship
Alliance,
published in
full below.
Early on the morning
of April 15,
Inner City
Press and the
Free
UN Coalition
for Access
submitted questions
about this
notice and practice
to the contact
e-mail listed
on the website
of the Republic
of Korea's
Mission to the
UN. There was
no
response.
Later on April
15 it was
re-sent to an
"alert" address
and the PR.
Here is, or
was, UNCA's
notice or
attempted
branding:
The
U.N.
Correspondents
Association is
pleased to
extend an
invitation to
you, on behalf
of H.E.
Ambassador Oh
Joon,
Permanent
Representative
of the
Republic of
Korea to the
U.N., to a
roundtable
discussion to
introduce the
Republic of
Korea's
Presidency of
the Security
Council in May
and to
commemorate
the 10th
Anniversary
(April 28) of
Security
Council
Resolution
1540. A
reception will
follow the
roundtable
discussion.
Where
& When:
Tuesday,
April
29th, 2014 at
the Mission of
the Republic
of Korea, 335
E. 45th Street
(1st & 2nd
Avenue).
Program:
5:00 -
6:00pm - Panel
Discussion
followed by
Q&A
Speakers
include:
Ambassador
Oh
Joon, Chair of
the 1540
Committee
Mr.
Terence
Taylor,
Coordinator of
the 1540 Group
of Experts,
Introduction
by
Pamela Falk,
President,
U.N.
Correspondents
Association,
CBS News
6:00
pm - Reception
Due to
limited space,
please RSVP to
contactus@unca.com,
and specify if
you will be
attending both
the roundtable
discussion
and/or the
reception.
This
invitation is
not
transferable.
Best
regards,
Pamela
S. Falk
President,
U.N.
Correspondents
Association
Angling for
this
privatization,
Falk of CBS
has tweeted
such gems as
"#South Korea
Amb. Oh Joon
says #DPRK
#NorthKorea
will have to
answer for
crimes sooner
or later."
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