UNITED
NATIONS,
February 2 --
The UN's new
Middle East
coordinator
will be
Nickolay
Mladenov,
Inner City
Press was able to report exclusively on January 30,
with sourcing
from Permanent
Representatives
that the
letter, which
Inner City
Press saw, had
gone to the
Security
Council.
Of this
exclusive
report, at
least 11 hours
before any
other mention,
Inner City
Press on
February 2
directly asked
UN Spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric,
including
though what
process and
timing
Mladenov is to
be replaced in
Iraq.
Dujarric
declined to
confirm,
despite the
Secretary
General's
letter. Video
here.
Earlier, Inner
City Press
reported that
Mladenov was
leaving his
post as UN
envoy to Iraq;
before that,
Inner City
Press asked
Robert Serry
how he was
remaining in
the Middle
East post past
Ban Ki-moon's
stated five
year rule, and
despite PNG
(persona non
grata) threats
from Israel.
Now, the
switch is
being made.
The
hint, as to
Iraq, was as
Inner City
Press
exclusively
reported, the
UK's attempt
to pick
Mladenov's
successor.
That was
opposed, and
rejected. Now,
after a “rude”
call from UK
Prime Minister
Cameron to Ban
Ki-moon,
sources say
rather than
Cameron's
first pick
Andrew
Lansley, UK
candidate
Caroline
Spelman is in
the lead.
Picking
Mladenov's
successor in
Iraq is in its
final stages,
and we will
have more on
that soon.
Watch this
site.
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