On
DRC, Rwanda
Tells UNSC
Leloup &
Plamadiala Are
Not
Welcome
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 1 --
One month
after Rwanda
joined the UN
Security
Council, on
Friday
afternoon it
attended a
meeting of the
Council's
Sanctions
Committee on
the Democratic
Republic of
Congo.
This
Committee had
adopted some
new sanctions
on New Years
Eve, just
before Rwanda
joined on
January 1.
On Friday,
February 1,
things were
different,
Inner City
Press
is exclusively
informed. The
other 14
members were
told by Rwanda
that while it
is keen to
collaborate
with the new
Group of
Experts, it
doubts their
will to change
mindsets,
given past
experience.
The
reference was
for example to
Steve Hege,
the expert who
took off the
Internet his
writings about
the FDLR
militia once
they were
identified and
linked to by
Inner City
Press.
The
news of
February 1 is
that Rwanda
told the
Committee that
neither
Bernard
Leloup nor
Marie
Plamadiala, as
members of the
Group of
Experts
charged with
visiting not
only DRC about
also its
neighbors,
will be
welcomed in
Rwanda,
whatever the
consequences.
Rwanda had
informed the
UN Secretariat
before their
appointment
and now feels
it needs to be
respected.
Inner
City Press has
inquired into
Rwanda's
objection to
Leloup. For a
random search,
click here.
As
one example: http://rwanda-rugari.tripod.com/rwandarugari/id83.html
As
with Hege, it
would seem
that in the
wide world of
academic
experts, one
could be
found without
a paper trail
of such strong
opinions,
which
undermine
at least the
perception of
objectivity.
Why does the
UN keep doing
this? Watch
this site.
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