As
US Saudi
"Screenplay"
to GA, Iran
Says
Unsubstantiated,
Wouldn't Be
1st Time
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
November 16 --
The conspiracy
to assassinate
Saudi Arabia's
Ambassador to
the US Adel
al-Jubeir, the
subject of
meetings
around but not
in the
UN Security
Council, is
the subject of
a UN General
Assembly draft
resolution
which Iran has
condemned even
as it is
circulated.
A
letter from
Iran's
Permanent
Representative
to the UN
Mohammad
Khazaee tells
UN member
states to "be
cautious
about the
adverse
consequences
of such a
move, which is
in
contradiction
to the spirit
and letter of
the Charter of
the United
Nations."
While Khazaee
says
that the US is
the sponsor of
the draft
resolution in
the GA, it
was the Saudi
Mission to the
UN which
showed it to
the media on
November 15,
when a Western
Security
Council member
told Inner
City
Press "it is a
Saudi
initiative, in
the ambit of
the GA's Legal
Committee."
This
source
predicted a
vote in the
full GA "in
days," and
said
there is
support from
"a lot of Arab
countries to
condemn
Iran."
(c)
UN Photo
Ban Ki-moon
and Adel
al-Jubeir,
court results
not shown
After
the US and
Saudi
Ambassadors
briefing
Security
Council
members one by
one, many
called it "a
screenplay."
Brazil's
Ambassador
Viotti told
Inner City
Press that
since the US
said it was
proceeding
in court, it
would be
better to see
what the
courts decide,
as a
matter of due
process.
Khazaee's
letter,
says that "by
submitting
this
draft the
sponsor is
inviting the
General
Assembly to
consider an
unsubstantiated
allegation,
and as such it
would amount
to an
unprecedented,
thus
unacceptable
move."
It
wouldn't be
the first
time in the UN
and its
General
Assembly.
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