On
Syria
at P5 +
Morocco at US
Mission,
"Further
Measures"
Eyed for
Removal,
Timing &
Annan Funding
Qs
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
March 7 -- On
Wednesday at
the US Mission
to the UN a US
drafted
resolution on
Syria was
again the
topic of a
meeting of the
Permanent Five
members of the
Security
Council plus
Morocco for
the
Arab League.
Inner City
Press first
reported that
the meeting
was
scheduled. At
3 pm Moroccan
Permanent
Representative
Loulichki told
the Press he
had not
attended, "my
assistant
did."
Inner
City Press'
sources say
that at this
second March 7
meeting, the
issue of the
sequence of
stopping
violence again
arose. Russia
in February
proposed an
amendment to
have the
government and
opposition
armed
groups stop
"in
conjunction."
Now the US
proposes that
the
government go
first. "That's
the big
issue," a
participant
said.
The
reference to
"further
measures" is
also said to
be targeted
for removal.
"OP9
Decides to
review the
implementation
of this
resolution
within 14 days
and, in the
event of
non-compliance,
to consider
swiftly
further
measures."
Meanwhile
at the
March 7 UN
noon briefing,
Inner City
Press asked
Secretary
General
Ban Ki-moon's
deputy
spokesman
Eduardo Del
Buey:
Inner
City
Press: I sent
you these
questions, I
wanted to
know, on the
Kofi
Annan envoy
team, how many
people are on
the team? Is
the UN paying
all of them?
How many of
them used to
work at the
UN?
Deputy
Spokesperson
del Buey:
Matthew, as we
have said,
these
administrative
details are
being worked
out, and when
we have
something to
announce, we
will announce
it.
Inner
City
Press: But he
is going to
Syria, so --
Deputy
Spokesperson
del Buey: When
we have
something to
say, we will
say
it. We are
still working
out the
details of who
is covering
the
costs and how
they are being
covered.
Annan
-- and team
-- are already
on the road.
Who is paying,
and how much?
Watch this
site.
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