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As
Mistura Who
Hired Ban's
Son-in-Law
Talks Aleppo,
48 Hour Pause
Translation
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 19 --
After Ban
Ki-moon's
third envoy on
Syria Staffan
de Mistura (who hired
Ban's son in
law) suspended
or adjourned
the
Humanitarian
Task Force
meeting in
Geneva, in New
York where Ban
has evicted
then
restricted
Inner City
Press, it
nevertheless
obtained this
translation,
immediately tweeting
a photo
and now
publishing it
in full:
“Pursuant to
the principles
of the
international
humanitarian
law and in
order to
enlarge the
scale of the
humanitarian
operation in
Aleppo, the
Russian
Defense
Ministry is
ready to
support the
proposal of
the Special
Envoy of the
UN Secretary
General for
Syria Staffan
de Mistura
concerning the
introduction
of 48-hour
"humanitarian
pauses" to
supply the
population of
the city with
food and
medical items
and to restore
life-support
systems that
were destroyed
by militants'
attacks.
Next week we
are ready to
introduce the
first 48-hour
humanitarian
pause to
provide
civilians
living in
Aleppo with
humanitarian
aid as a
"pilot
project" in
order to
confirm the
safe delivery
of cargoes to
the population
of the city.
Specific date
and time will
be determined
after
receiving
information
about the time
of readiness
of the convoys
from the UN
representatives
as well as
confirmation
of their
security
guarantees
from our
American
partners.
The condition
for
implementation
of the
initiative is
delivery of
humanitarian
convoys both
to the eastern
districts of
Aleppo
(controlled by
illegal armed
groups) and to
the western
quarters
(controlled by
the government
troops)
through 2
different
routes.
The first
route starts
in the Turkish
city of
Gaziantep and
goes through
the border
checkpoint
established by
the UN
Security
Council
resolution
2165 and then
by Castello
road to the
eastern
districts of
Aleppo.
The other
route will use
the road to
the east of
Aleppo that
encircles the
city from the
north-east and
leads to the
Handa rat
inhabited area
then by
Castello road-
to the western
part of the
city.
The Russian
Federation is
ready to
render
assistance in
negotiating
with the
Syrian
government the
issues of
security of
the UN convoys
on the
territory
controlled by
the government
troops. At the
same time, we
expect the
same kind of
security
guarantees for
UN convoys on
the territory
of the
so-called
"moderate
opposition"
from our
American
partners.
Responding to
the UN
request, the
Russian
Defense
Ministry is
ready to exert
additional
effort to
enhance
efficiency of
mechanisms of
examination
and ensuring
the security
of UN convoys
heading to the
eastern
districts of
Aleppo. This
will help to
reduce the
concerns of
the Syrian
government
about the
content of
delivered
goods and
remove the
necessity of a
detailed
examination of
the convoys by
the government
forces. The
representatives
of the Russian
Centre for
reconciliation
will provide
any help to
the Syrian
troops during
the passage of
the convoys
through the
checkpoints
before
entering
Aleppo."
Back on August
8 when the US
Mission to the
UN booked
Conference
Room 1 for a
meeting about
Aleppo, Syria
on Monday
morning, it
wasn't in the
UN's official
Journal, nor
on its
schedule
board. In the
hall outside,
Inner City
Press was told
by Ban
Ki-moon's
Media
Accreditation
/ minders, you
can go in but
not
photographs.
(Ban's UN has
descended into
censorship
as well as
corruption,
see new film
here.)
But inside,
not only were
photographs
being taken:
videos from
Aleppo were
being shown,
the CNN's
Clarissa Ward
was speaking.
[CNN has since
used this
fottage as an
ad.]
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