With
Malaysia Atop
UNSC, ICP Asks
of Yemen,
Abuse of CAR
Children, June
18 Debate
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, June
2 -- As
Malaysia
assumed the UN
Security
Council
presidency for
June, Inner
City Press
asked its
Permanent
Representative
Ramlan Bin
Ibrahim on
June 2 about
the process on
the conflict
in Yemen
slipping away
from the UN,
and about the
alleged sexual
abuse of
children by
French
peacekeepers
in the Central
African
Republic. Video here and embedded below.
Ramlan Bin
Ibrahim
replied, on
Yemen, that
there would be
a Security
Council
meeting on
June 3, which
he would not
like to
prejudge.
Inner City
Press notes
that there has
been a
UK-drafted
Press
Statement
pending, into
which the GCC
has been
trying to
insert
references to
the
Houthi-less
Riyadh
Declaration
(and but, for
example,
including the
Peace and
Partnership
Agreement
which parties
in Yemen
previously
adopted).
On the
alleged sexual
abuse in
CAR,
Ramlan Bin
Ibrahim said
in his
national
capacity that
Malaysia
believes that
international
peacekeepers
should be held
to the highest
standard, that
there should
be full
implementation
of the UN's
stated Zero
Tolerance
policy, and
that “accurate
reporting”
should be
expected.
On June
18, Malaysia
has scheduled
a Council
debate on
Children and
Armed
Conflict.
We'll be
there.
Inner
City Press
began by
thanking
Ramlan Bin
Ibrahim on
behalf of the
new Free UN
Coalition for
Access, and
asking for
UNTV stakeouts
after
closed-door
consultations.
We'll be there
as well. Follow @innercitypressFollow @FUNCA_info
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