By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 4 --
Questions
about the UN's
forthcoming
report
on chemical
weapons in
Syria were
raised
Wednesday to
the incoming
president of
the UN
Security
Council, Gary
Quinlan of
Australia.
Secretary
General
Ban Ki-moon
has said that
UN member
states should
share their
evidence with
his team, led
by Ake
Sellstrom.
(Inner City
Press has
twice asked,
and it seems
that the US
has NOT shared
the evidence
it
showed
Senators
behind closed
doors.)
Inner
City Press
asked Quilan
if as Security
Council
president in
the month
the UN report
will be
finished he
wants there to
be a Security
Council
process on the
report, or if
it will
simultaneously
go to all
193 UN member
states while,
it appears,
the UN goes
forward
disregarding
the UN report.
Quinlan
answered
that "on the
Sellstrom
report all I
can say is the
expectation of
the Council is
it will come
to Council as
soon as
possible after
it is
complete."
He said the
Secretary
General
"has indicated
the UN has
been using a
number of
creative ways
to expedite
the scientific
analysis,
using more
people and
laboratories."
Quinland
said,
there is
"confidentiality
associated
with that,"
but
that Ban has a
"sense of
urgency" --
which we have
been
dubbing the
Race for
Relevance.
Referring
to
the meeting
Inner City
Press covered
yesterday
afternoon,
Quinlan
said there was
a briefing
"yesterday as
you know by
Kane to the
group of
member states
who signed the
letter"
requesting the
investigation
of the August
21 use of
chemical
weapons. He
said
Australia was
among the
requesters,
and "that
group has a
high
level of
interest to
get the
report."
The
meeting with
Kane was not
listed in the
UN Journal,
and the sign
outside
Conference
Room 6 said
briefing by
the High
Representative
for
Disarmament.
But as Inner
City Press' YouTube
showed,
Syria's
Bashar
Ja'afari was
inside.
In
fact, it may
be that any
member state
could attend
-- and that
any
member state
can get the
Sellstrom
report. (A
Permanent
Representative
who is part of
the ACT group
on Security
Council
report told
Inner City
Press, yes,
all 193.)
We'll
see. When
called on,
Inner City
Press thanked
Quinlan for
the
briefing and
on behalf of
the Free
UN Coalition
for Access
@FUNCA_info
requested that
he does
question and
answer
stakeout after
each
closed-door
consultation
of the Council
in his month.
Watch this
site.
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