At
UN
on Cote
d'Ivoire,
"Ladsous Has
No Facts,"
Palestine
Invite is
Other Business
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
June 11,
updated -- As
the Security
Council met at
France's
request
to be briefed
by Herve
Ladsous, the
fourth
Frenchman in a
row atop UN
Peacekeeping
on Monday
afternoon
about the
killing of
Nigerois
peacekeepers,
outside
diplomats
complained to
Inner City
Press that
Ladsous had
"no facts."
They also said
that at least
one
member of the
Ivorian
security
forces was
killed.
A
troop
contributing
country
representative
told Inner
City Press the
speculation is
that "Gbagbo
supporters"
are behind it,
but
that their
grievance
include that
despite all
the money the
UN is
spending in
Cote d'Ivoire,
it is not safe
for them to
return after
the victory of
Alassane
Ouattara.
Meanwhile,
the
massacre at
Duekoue by
Ouattara
supporters has
yet to be
investigated
much less
acted on.
The
"other
business" of
the Security
Council,
sources told
Inner City
Press, was the
invitation for
the Council to
visit
Palestine. The
US,
sources said,
would of
course oppose
it. Deputy
Permanent
Representative
Rosemary
"DiCarlo's
come for
that," a
diplomat said,
smiling. Watch
this site.
Update
of 5:10 pm
-- Several
Council
members
afterward told
Inner City
Press that US
is opposed to
a Palestine
trip, so it
will not
happen. One
said hopefully
that talks
will continue.
When Ladsous
came out and
told the media
about a
ceremony in
Abidjan, Inner
City Press
asked him
about the
Ivorian
security
officer a
troop
contributing
country
representative
told Inner
City Press
about.
"I'm not
talking to
you, sir,"
Ladsous told
Inner City
Press. Perhaps
"sir" is
progress from
"Mister." Last
time, Ladsous
said
"Well,
Mister, I will
start
answering your
questions when
you stop
insulting
me and making
malicious and
insulting
insinuations."
That video,
at Minute
28:10, is
online here.
And so it goes
in this
UN.
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