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On
Burundi, ICP
Gets Its Non
Replacement
Scoop
Confirmed, AFP
Lifts
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
follow up on
May 31
exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS, June
3 -- On May 31
Inner City
Press was
informed by
sources that
Burundi's
forces
deployed to
Central
African
Republic are
slated this
summer to be
returned to
Burundi, and
there are no
plan to
replace them.
Inner City
Press was
exclusively
told by UN
sources, and
exclusively
reported, that
Burundi is NOT
invited to
this week's UN
Police event
at UN
headquarters,
despite a
protest by the
Nkurunziza
government.
(Then there
were
Nkurunziza's
threat in
Mugamba, which
Reuters said
were against
"criminal
gangs.")
After Inner
City Press exclusively
reported
and asked
about both
of these (May
31 video here),
the UN
confirmed
both. On June
2 Inner City
Press asked
Ban Ki-moon's
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric, UN transcript
here:
Inner City
Press: Did you
get an answer
on whether…
two things
that I'd
asked, one,
whether, when
the Burundians
leave the
mission in the
Central
African
Republic,
there will be
any more
Burundians to
return.
And also if
Burundi sought
to attend
this… UN COPS
event.
Spokesman:
They are not
attending.
Whether or not
they sought to
attend, I
think, is a
question for
them.
And on the…
their presence
in Central
African
Republic, I
should have
something
later for you.
On June 3,
Duajrric's
deputy Farhan
Haq said: "On
Burundi, we
have been
asked about
the 15-day
ultimatum
given by the
President to
armed groups
to surrender.
We stress once
again that the
crisis in
Burundi is a
political
crisis, which
will be
resolved only
through a
political
solution.
The
Secretary-General
urges all
stakeholders
to commit to a
genuine,
inclusive
dialogue, in
order to move
forward with
resolving this
crisis.
And in
response to
other
questions
regarding the
Burundian
police units
currently
serving in the
Central
African
Republic, we
have the
following to
say: In
light of the
current
situation in
Burundi, a
decision has
been taken at
UN
Headquarters
not to replace
the units
serving in the
country when
their tour of
duty ends.
This decision
has been
communicated
to the
Burundian
Permanent
Mission to the
UN in New
York." Inner
City Press
asked Haq, UN
transcript
here:
Inner City
Press: Thanks
for the answer
on the
Burundian
police
decision.
I just wanted,
in order to
understand it,
when you say
in light of
the situation,
is this
because the
police would
be needed back
in Burundi
given unrest,
or is it
because of the
alleged human
rights
violations of
the Burundian
police in
Burundi?
Deputy
Spokesman:
It's the
latter.
This was done
after a study
of the issue,
including by
our own Office
of the High
Commissioner
for Human
Rights.
After
this and the
response Inner
City Press got
from UN
Police, video
here and
see below,
Agence France
Presse wrote
up a story
- with no
credit
whatsoever.
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