By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 21 --
The failures
of UN
Peacekeeping
under Herve
Ladsous were
on display on
Monday.
Even
eight hours
after basic
questions were
asked, about
non-payment of
Nigerian
peacekeepers
who served in
Mali and if
the supposed
"Human Rights
Due Diligence
Policy" to
which the UN
claims
adherence is
public, the UN
transcript
went up with
no answers
appended.
For a
longer analysis
of the UN's
failure on the
Minova rapes
on Beacon
Reader, click
here.
Under
Ladsous, there
ARE no
answers. His "farce"
has been
noticed, for
example in the
UK New
Statesman,
here. But
he's taking
the UN down
with him. See
how UN looked
October 21:
Here's
what Inner
City Press
asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesperson
Martin Nesirky
on Monday, as
transcribed
by the UN:
Inner
City Press:
The press
release put
out about the
Minova rapes
by MONUSCO...
then I also
saw what Mr.
Kobler said in
the Council,
he said, “I do
recognize the
steps taken by
the
Government, my
colleagues and
myself are in
regular
contact with
the Government
to provide
regular
updates”, at
least as
prepared for
delivery. So
what I wanted
to know is how
the idea that
no one is
being held
accountable,
11 months
after the
rapes, squares
with the UN’s
human rights
due diligence
policy, which
says that the
UN will not
provide
support to
units which
engage in
abuses just
like this?
What is the
timeline? How
long can it go
and the UN
still be
providing
support to the
very units
implicated and
named by the
UN as involved
in the rapes?
Spokesperson
Nesirky:
I would simply
say, Matthew,
that the
Mission is
adhering to
the due
diligence
policy and Mr.
Kobler has
spoken both
through the
statement and
in the
Security
Council on
this topic. I
don’t have
anything to
add to it at
this point.
Inner
City Press:
Maybe you can
answer it or
DPKO
[Department of
Peacekeeping
Operations]
can answer it.
What is the
policy? Can
you see why,
from the
outside, 11
months of no
prosecution
and still
assisting the
units
militarily
seems
inconsistent
with the human
rights due
diligence
policy?
Spokesperson
Nesirky:
Well, first of
all, I will
check to see
if there is
anything
further to be
said. But, the
second thing
is that the
Mission is
adhering to
the policy,
and also it is
for the
authorities in
the DRC
[Democratic
Republic of
the Congo] to
carry out the
investigations
and to
prosecute
people. It is
not for the
Mission to do
so, okay?
Inner
City Press:
But is the
policy in
writing? Can
we get a copy
of what the
human rights
due diligence
policy of the
UN is? I
understand
that there is
a duty on
them, but
there is also
a duty on the
UN to live up
to what it
said. I heard
Ms. [Patricia]
O’Brien speak
about the
policy, but is
it a policy
that is in
writing and
available?
Spokesperson:
I’ll check for
you, Matthew.
Inner
City Press:
Okay, thanks.
Spokesperson
Nesirky:
Yes, Sylviane?
Scribe:
I appreciate
that you gave
me the floor;
they have
three
questions
there...
Eight
hours later,
no response
from the
Spokesperson's
Office,
nothing in the
transcript.
What kind of
"policy" is
this? Can Ban
Ki-moon,
headed to
Europe to meet
with
institutional
investors,
allow Ladsous
to do this? Ladsous video here; Nesirky
October 21
video here.
The
last scribe
above, an
Executive
Committee
member of
UNCA, Ban's UN
Censorship
Alliance, was
objecting to
the asking of
follow-up
questions. But
even with
follow ups,
supposed
"policies" of
the UN are not
made public.
Watch this
site.
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