After
24
Soldiers
Killed by US /
NATO, Pakistan
Writes Letter
to UN, Text
Here
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
November 28 --
Pakistan has
written to the
UN and its
Security
Council, formalize
its protests
to the US (and
NATO in
Brussels), and
the
request at the
US vacate the
Shamsi Airbase
in 15 days.
Inner City
Press just
obtained the
letter, and is
putting it
online, here.
In
the wake of
the American /
NATO attack
killing 24
Pakistani
soldiers,
throughout
Monday Inner
City Press put
questions UN
Secretariat
and Security
Council
sources.
After
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
deputy
spokesman told
Inner City
Press the UN
had "no line"
or comment on
the attack, a
Security
Council
Permanent
Representative
told Inner
City Press to
"ask
Ambassador
Haroon" of
Pakistan, "he
is back in
town."
Later
this same
Permanent
Representative
told Inner
City Press
that Haroon
had
submitted a
formal letter
to Ban and the
Council about
the attack.
The Security
Council
president for
November,
Portuguese
Ambassador
Cabral, told
Inner City
Press "It has
just been
received."
Another
Deputy
Permanent
Representative
confirmed to
Inner City
Press that he
had
seen it.
Following
this, Inner
City Press
asked US
Ambassador
Susan
Rice, but she
said she
hadn't seen
it. Yet.
Moments
later,
Inner City
Press obtained
the letter,
and is putting
it online,
here.
It recounts
protests with
the US (and
NATO in
Brussels), and
the
request at the
US vacate the
Shamsi Airbase
in 15 days. We
will have
more on this,
but put the
letter online
as soon as we
obtained it.
(c) UN Photo
Ban in
Pakistan,
letter not yet
shown or
responded to
This
is the way
the question
was dodged at
the UN's noon
briefing on
Monday:
Deputy
Spokesperson
del Buey:
Matthew?
Inner
City
Press: I want
to ask one
about this
incident that
took place
between the US
and Pakistan
in which more
than 20
Pakistani
soldiers
were killed by
a US attack. I
just wonder,
especially
since the UN
has a mission
in
Afghanistan,
does the UN
have any
response to
that,
any comment?
Do they think
greater care
should be
taken? What do
they make of
the incident?
Deputy
Spokesperson:
Well, we are
aware of the
reports and we
are waiting
to see if we
get a line on
that. I have
got nothing on
that for you
right now.
Question:
I was
following up,
this is an
ongoing
situation, but
Pakistan has
been
complaining
time and again
and obviously
it is the
United States
that is
involved in
it; on drone
attacks and
attacks which
have been
taking place
for a very
long time, and
United Nations
doesn’t seem
to even
recognize that
as a problem.
Is there any
particular
reason
that the
Secretary-General
chooses to
ignore this
situation?
Deputy
Spokesperson:
Well, to the
best of my
knowledge,
thus far,
there has
been no
Security
Council
resolution or
General
Assembly
resolution on
this situation
and on the
cross-border
bombings. And
the
Secretary-General,
if we have
something on
that, we will
let you
know.
Watch
this site.
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