Sudan
Trade of UN
Humanitarian
Role
Confirmed, ICP
Reported a
Week Ago
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 28 –
A week ago,
amid outcry
that Sudan
would head up
the
Humanitarian
segment at the
UN's Economic
and Social
Council,
ECOSOC
President
Nestor Osorio
told Inner
City Press he
had worked out
a compromise.
Inner City
Press reported
it, and
this afternoon
in an open
session of
ECOSOC it was
confirmed.
Sudan
will cede the
Humanitarian
segment to
Pakistan, from
which it will
take over the
so-called
Coordination
segment. The
ECOSOC session
takes place
this summer in
Geneva.
After the
short session
where this was
announced,
Inner City
Press spoke
with Osorio,
Masood Khan
and finally
Sudan's
Permanent
Representative
Daffa-Alla
Elhag Ali
Osman, who
told Inner
City Press:
"You know, to
show that we
here respect
the
multilateral
system. But
some want to
act
otherwise..
Anyway,
coordination
touches on
more than
humanitarian."
Inner City
Press has
asked the US
Mission for
comment.
Osorio on
February 28
told Inner
City Press,
"do you see
how we do with
dipomacy, with
our bureau?"
Whether
this
will or should
be enough for
those who
opposed Sudan
for the
Humanitarian
segment is
open to
question.
“Coordination”
involves the
interplay of
UN system
entities like
the UN
Development
Program,
UNICEF, UNFPA
and other
funds and
programs.
What's the
difference?
But
given the
situation in
Sudan's
Southern
Kordofan and
Blue Nile
states, where
a Tripartite
Agreement to
deliver aid
was never
implemented,
chairing the
Humanitarian
segment was
for some a
step too far.
And
Coordination?
The US has
another
concern and
desire to
trade or
block: Palestine
as a Vice
Chair of the
Arms Trade
Treaty,
another story
first reported
by Inner City
Press. And
we'll have
more on that.
Watch this
site.
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