On
Eve
of Yemen Vote,
German
Read-Out
Silent on
Impunity, West
Says Meet
India
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 20 --
The day before
the UN
Security
Council is
scheduled to
vote on and
adopt a
resolution on
Yemen which
calls for
a transition
based on the
Gulf
Cooperation
Council
initiative
providing
immunity for
President Ali
Saleh and his
family, the
Nobel
laureate
opposing
immunity and
the GCC deal
met with,
among others,
Germany's
Ambassador.
Afterward
a
spokesperson
of the German
UN Mission
issued a read
out, not
unlike
the UN
Secretary
General's
office did the
day before.
This read out
did not
mention
immunity or
accountability.
Inner City
Press called
Tawakul
Karman's
spokespeople,
who reaffirmed
that she
opposes
immunity.
A
Western
Council
diplomat who
also met with
Tawakul Karman
told Inner
City Press she
should have
spent her time
meeting with,
among others,
IBSA: India,
Brazil and
South Africa.
Inner City
Press asked
and was told
that
she had not
met with
India.
Still
the vote is
scheduled for
3 pm on
Friday.
Karman on Oct
18, her read
out fo German
meeting not
shown,
(c)MRLee
Here
is the Germany
read-out:
"The
German
Permanent
Representative
to the United
Nations,
Ambassador
Peter Wittig,
today received
the Yemeni
Nobel peace
laureate
Tawakul
Karman at the
German
Mission.
Ambassador
Wittig
congratulated
Ms. Karman on
her award of
the Nobel
Peace prize
and expressed
appreciation
for her
efforts to
promote peace
and human
rights in
Yemen.
Ambassador
Wittig
expressed his
government's
grave concern
about the
current
political
stalemate in
Yemen and the
ongoing
serious
violations of
human rights.
The
humanitarian
and the
economic
situation were
very
worrisome.
Ambassador
Wittig
outlined the
German
position on
the current
situation in
Yemen
and the
ongoing
efforts within
the United
Nations to
alleviate the
suffering of
the Yemeni
people. He
stressed the
need for
strong
international
support for a
transitional
political
process in
Yemen
that meets the
aspirations of
the Yemeni
people. He
emphasized
that
President
Saleh needs to
immediatly
hand over
power, thus
allowing
for the start
of a
transitional
process based
on the
initiative by
the Golf
Cooperation
Council. With
a view to the
scheduled
adoption
of a Security
Council draft
resolution on
Yemen he
emphasized the
German
governments
hope that this
strong message
by the
international
community will
help to start
the
transitional
political
process so
urgently
needed."
We
will have more
on this on
October 21,
when the vote
is scheduled.
Watch this
site.
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