UN's
Ban Has
Nothing on
Army Shots in
Sri Lanka,
Next Month On
Report
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 2 --
The day after
the Sri Lankan army used live fire on protesters in Weliweriya,
and amid threats
against
journalists
seeking to
critically
cover the
Commonwealth
Heads of
Government
Meeting in Colombo, Inner City Press
put these and
one more Sri
Lanka question
to UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesperson
Martin
Nesirky.
Four
weeks ago
Ban's deputy Jan
Eliasson told Inner City Press he was
near to completing
his report on
what the UN
should learn
from its
actions (and
inaction)
during the
slaughter in
Sri Lanka in 2008 and 2009.
On
August 2, as
it had tried
to on August 1,
Inner City
Press asked
Nesirky for
the status of
the report,
and if and
when it will
be made
public. Video
here, from
Minute 13:43.
Nesirky
said the
report has
recently been
given to the
Secretary
General, and
he is
"studying it."
He expects the
Secretary
General to
have more to
say about it
-- "next
month."
Today
is only August
2. Can it take
four weeks to
study this
report? On the
well
documented
live fire
shooting,
involving as
should be of
interest to
Ban's UN ground
water
contaminated by Global Compact member
Hayleys,
Nesirky said
he had
nothing. Maybe
next month?
We
intend to be
here, despite
a threat by
the UN
Department of
Public
Information to
suspend or
withdraw Inner City Press' accreditation
for merely
hanging the
sign of the
new media
freedom
organization the Free UN Coalition for Access on
the door to
its shared
office.
Ironically,
Nesirky told
Inner City
Press on
Friday that
Ban thinks
journalists
should be able
to do their
work without
obstacle or
intimidation. Really? Watch this site.
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