On
Yemen UN Brags
of Talks on
Its Berthed
Ship Under
Lollesgaard As
Guterres Has
MOU With MBS Bans Press
By Matthew
Russell Lee, CJR PFT NY
Post List
UNITED NATIONS
GATE, February 5 – UN
Secretary
General
Antonio
Guterres on March
27 lavished
praise on
Saudi Crown
Prince
Mohammed bin
Salman now accused
with respect to
Jamal Khashoggi,
accepting
a $930 million
check from the
Saudis and UAE,
with not a
word of the
Saudi led
bombing
campaign that
has killed
civilians and
caused cholera
in Yemen. On
January 31 the
UN Security
Council held a
meeting on
Yemen, but it
was closed-door
and afterward
only pro-Coalition
Kuwait spoke
on
camera.
Guterres
himself is no
paragon
of
transparency
and anti-corruption
and press
freedom. Beyond
Guterres' MOU
with MBS, his
Global
Communicator
Alison Smale has
appointed Maher
Nasser,
who blocks the
Press on Twitter,
as chief promoter
of the UAE's Expo
2020 Dubai, see
Inner City
Press
exclusive here.
Now
on February 5,
from Guterres'
Office
of the
Spokesperson -
not signed by
lead spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric-
this: "Houthi
and Government
of Yemen
representatives
of the
Redeployment
Coordination
Committee
(RCC)
continued to
meet on 4 and
5 February
aboard a
United Nations
vessel berthed
in the Port of
Hudaydah. The
parties have
engaged in
long and
intense
discussions
both yesterday
and today in
order to find
mutually
acceptable
solutions and
associated
timelines for
the
implementation
of the
Hudaydah
provisions in
the Stockholm
Agreement. The
RCC Chair,
General
Patrick
Cammaert,
commended both
parties for
demonstrating
good-will and
engaging
constructively
together to
overcome trust
issues and to
find viable
solutions that
would
eventually
demilitarize
the ports and
city of
Hudaydah and
facilitate
life-saving
humanitarian
operations.
Weeks of
sustained
engagement by
the RCC Chair
and his team
are beginning
to pay off.
Today, the
Parties are
closer to
agreeing
modalities for
phase one
redeployment
than they were
six weeks
ago.
They are
grappling with
the
complexities
of disengaging
forces in
close
proximity of
each other and
the gradual
redeployment
of heavy
weapons,
armor, and
infantry. The
Parties are
fully aware of
the
international
spotlight on
their efforts
to implement
the Hudaydah
agreement and
its
implications
for the
broader peace
process for
Yemen.
The parties
will continue
discussions
tomorrow under
the auspices
of Lieutenant
General
Michael
Lollesgaard,
who assumed
his duties as
RCC Chair and
Head of UNMHA
on the evening
of 5 February."
Cammaert, who
covered up for
the UN in
South Sudan,
is out. On
January 29 not
Guterres'
murky UN but
the Saudi
Press Agency
announced that
“The
Secretary-General
of the United
Nations
expressed his
gratitude for
the Kingdom’s
support in
pushing for
positive
results in the
dialogue
between the
Yemeni parties."
Meanwhile,
from Washington
DC on January
30, the
day after Sen
Jeff Merkley
against raised
the Saudis'
activities in
Oregon,
this:
"Sens.
Bernie Sanders
(I-Vt.), Mike
Lee (R-Utah)
and Chris
Murphy
(D-Conn.) and
Reps. Ro
Khanna
(D-Calif.),
Mark Pocan
(D-Wis.) and
Pramila
Jayapal
(D-Wash.)
renewed their
efforts in the
Senate and
House
Wednesday to
end U.S.
support for
the Saudi-led
war in Yemen
pursuant to
the War Powers
Resolution.
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