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At
UN,
Talk of
Council Trip
to Libya &
Egypt, Maybe
Haiti, New
Members 1st
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
December 2 --
A UN Security
Council trip
to Libya and
Egypt
was discussed
in closed door
Council
consultations
on Friday,
sources
tell Inner
City Press. UK
Permanent
Representative
Mark Lyall
Grant
led the
discussion.
That
the Council
would visit
Libya, the
bombing of
which by NATO
is authorized
in
Resolution
1973, is
understandable.
But the
Council did
nothing about
Egypt. Why go
there? For
what purpose?
Inner
City Press
asked Brazil's
Permanent
Representative
Viotti and she
said the
purpose would
be to meet
with the Arab
League.
China's
Permanent
Representative
Li Baodong
told Inner
City Press
that no
decision on
the trip
should be made
until the new
members come
in, in
January.
 (c) UN Photo
Ban Ki-moon in
Cairo, in
front of Arab
League, UNSC
not yet shown
And proponents
of the trip
seem to agree.
They are also
discussion
West Africa,
or a short
jaunt to
Haiti. We'll
see.
Click here for
Sept
23, '11
BloggingHead.tv
about UN
General
Assembly
Click
for Mar
1, '11
BloggingHeads.tv
re Libya, Sri
Lanka, UN
Corruption
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