UNITED
NATIONS, May 8
-- On the
proposed Syria
General
Assembly
resolution
drafted by
Qatar, the
plan had been
to circulate
today to all
member
states the
Fifth Revision
draft Inner
City Press published
last
night.
But
sources tell
Inner City
Press that it
became
clearer,
particularly
after a
meeting with
the African
Group, that
there were not
as many
co-sponsors or
even "yes"
votes at the
proponents
would
want.
As
so, as of 6 pm
on Wednesday,
the draft has
not been
formally
circulated,
has not become
an "L"
document. The
goal now is
Thursday
evening, or
perhaps
Friday.
But
will they
revise it
again, to gain
more support?
We'll see.
Meanwhile
after
Inner City
Press published
then asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesman
Martin Nesirky
about the Arab
Group's letter
on
Israel's
overflights of
Lebanon and
attacks on
Syria,
among other
questions,
Nesirky's
office sent
back this:
From:
UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not Reply
[at] un.org
Date: Wed, May
8, 2013
at 2:18 PM
Subject: Your
questions on
Syria
To:
Matthew.Lee@innercitypress.com
Regarding
your
questions on
troop
contributors
to the UN
Disengagement
Observer
Force (UNDOF),
neither the
Philippines
nor India have
indicated
intention to
pull out.
As
for
relocations,
UNDOF from
time to time
in recent
months has had
to
temporarily
relocate from
some positions
and may have
to do so
again. These
relocations
are all of a
temporary
nature.
Regarding
a
letter by the
Arab Group, we
can confirm
that the
Secretary-General
has received a
letter from
the Arab Group
concerning
Israeli
overflights
over Lebanon.
That letter
will be
circulated as
a
Security
Council
document.
Of
the Troop
Contributing
Countries, a
sign Wednesday
afternoon
outside
Conference
Room 7 in the
UN's North
Lawn building
said the UNDOF
TCC
began meeting
there at 3.
But as of
4:15, no one
came out. Call
it a
short meeting.
And on
the letter, of
it course it
is not ONLY
about
"Israeli
overflights
over Lebanon,"
but also about
Syria.
But the above
is what was
sent. Watch
this site.
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