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As
Uruguay Takes
UNSC
Presidency,
ICP Asks of
Burundi, CAR
Rapes &
Next SG
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
January 4 --
When January's
President of
the UN
Security
Council,
Ambassador
Elbio Rosselli
of Uruguay,
held his Program
of Work press
conference
on January 4,
Inner City
Press asked
him about Burundi,
the UN's
report into
peacekeepers
raping in the
Central
African
Republic and
nominations to
become the
next UN
Secretary
General.
Rosselli said
discussions
continue with
Burundi's
government for
a Council trip
this month; he
did not
confirm what
UN Spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric told
Inner City
Press earlier
in the day,
that the UN's
Special
Adviser would
brief the
Council in
coming days, video here.
Here's a fast
transcript
from
InnerCityPro.com:
Inner City
Press: On
Burundi, it
was said today
at the noon
brieing that
there might be
a presentation
by Jamal
Benomar, has
anyone made
this request?
And, on the
19th on
protection of
civilians,
there was a
report about
sexual abuse
in CAR, do you
expect this
report would
be reviewed by
the Council?
A: "Thank you.
On Burundi, we
still don’t
have any
specific
requests for
presentations
or briefings.
But as you
know, many
many
situations
develop and
briefings or
briefers are
called
basically on
the spot. So
no, there is
nothing
planned as of
now.
On the second
question, I
will confess
to not being
totally
briefed. But
of the many
conversations
I’ve been
carrying on
the last few
days, it is an
issue that I
know, it’s
being
considered
within the
system, but I
have not heard
that we would
be looking at
it, at least
in the very
immediate
days. I do not
exclude such a
possibility."
Uruguay's open
debate, on
January 19,
is on
Protection of
Civilians; one
expects to at
least hear of
the report
then.
Inner
City Press
heard from
attendees of
Rosselli's
earlier
briefing to
member states
that he'd
received only
one nomination
to become Next
SG, from the
Former
Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia for
Srgjan Kerim.
Rosselli
confirmed
this, only one
letter as of
January 31.
Where,
we ask, are
the letters
from Croatia
for Foreign
Minister
Pusic, from
Slovenia for
Danilo Turk,
from Albania,
Montenegro and
others?
Speaking in
his national
capacity,
Rosselli said
Uruguay has a
preference for
a women Next
SG, and that
qualification
are more
important than
geography. He
answered
questions
about his
country's
decriminalization
of marijuana
but declined,
72 hours into
the job, to
say if the
Permanent Five
members of the
Security
Council take
the Elected
Ten too much
for granted.
Give him time.
Inner
City Press
asked
Rosselli, on
behalf of the
Free
UN Coalition
for Access,
to do Q&A
stakeouts
after the
Security
Council holds
closed
consultations.
On January 5
there are
consultations
on Syria
chemical
weapons,
Yemen, CAR and
the Syrian -
Turkish
border. On
January 4
Rosselli took
sit-down
questions
longer than
most, so
here's hoping.
Watch this
site.
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