Friday, May 18, 2007

British UN diplomat "guarantees stability" in Lebanon while President Lahoud's written objections are concealed by "inside job"

It is said that UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is "very upset".
The fact that the written objections that the President of Lebanon, Emile Lahoud has transmitted to Moon and through him to the members of the Security Council on May 15, only reached the intended recipients on May 17th, basically, hours after the end of the deliberations of the draft copy as submitted by the US, France and GB, is to blame.
It is known now that this was an "inside job" as the "objections" were willfully delayed by aides to the novice Secretary General, in a flagrant attempt to burn the stages and move towards quick deliberations and a quick adoption of the Court (under Chapter 7). All that, despite the vociferous reservations of most Lebanese leaders and the overwhelming majority of Lebanese (not the gerrymandered majority allied with the US).
Many members of the Security Council are said to be "outraged" by these manipulations and have registered their concerns that "shoving the court down the throat of the Security Council" is very unsettling as it ignores the many warnings raised by Lebanon's President and despite the "soothing words" of Britain's UN diplomats. Apparently, people have reasons to doubt US and British talk of "stability" when the lessons from across the Euphrates are still fresh ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have the insiders been identified and what does Pokemon intend to do about it?
Will he convene another 'friday lunch meeting' of the Security Council to rediscuss the Inter. Court?

Anonymous said...

Geir Pederson