As
Dutch &
Australian
Police Head to
MH17, UN Cites
UNSC, UK
Prediction
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, July
25 -- Amid
reports of
police from
the
Netherlands
and
now Australia
headed to
Ukraine and
the crash-site
of Malaysia
Airlines
Flight MH17,
Inner City
Press on July
25 asked UN
deputy
spokesperson
Farhan Haq:
Inner
City Press: Is
there any UN
involvement in
trying to
bring about
this
deployment?
Does the
Secretary-General
believe that
such a
deployment
would go
through the
Security
Council?
Should go
through
the Security
Council?
Should the
consent of the
separatists be
sought to
avoid a
conflict?
What’s the
UN’s thinking
on this
deployment of
armed
individuals
into a
conflict zone?
Deputy
Spokesman Haq:
I believe that
this is an
issue that may
come up,
among the
members of the
Security
Council in the
coming days,
so I’ll
leave it in
their hands.
Five
hours later
Security
Council member
Mark Lyall
Grant of the
UK said
“Its
early days,
the
negotiations
between The
Netherlands
and the
Ukrainian
government are
continuing, as
I understand
it, in Kyiv.
The
Australians
are obviously
involved as
well in terms
of negotiating
the bilateral
agreement.
When that
happens, I
think it is
quite
likely that
the Dutch
government may
want to inform
the Security
Council of
that
agreement, and
I think it
also quite
likely that
the
Security
Council will
want to take
note of that
agreement,
very
possibly in a
resolution. I
wouldn't
expect that to
be
controversial,
and that could
happen very
quickly after
agreements
have been
reached
in Kyiv.”
Meanwhile at
the
International
Monetary
Fund's July 24
embargoed
briefing,
Inner City
Press asked
IMF
Deputy
Spokesperson
William
Murray:
Inner
City Press: "On
Ukraine, what
is the IMF's
estimate or
thoughts on
the impact of
the downing in
Malaysia
Airlines
Flight MH17 in
Eastern
Ukraine, and
its impact, if
any, on the
IMF's program?
MR.
MURRAY: You
know, we're
concerned
about conflict
in the region
and a
statement we
issued the
other day
addresses that
issue.
But
what about
MH17 and its
aftermath? The
IMF did substantively
answer
Inner City
Press' Gaza
and Israel
question, here.
Watch this
site.
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