Pillay
July 2
Briefing Not
Only Syria
& Libya,
Also Palestine
& Sudans
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
June 28 --
After France
requested a
Security
Council
briefing by
High
Commissioner
Navi Pillay
about Syria,
others said
Libya should
be included as
well.
On
June 27 French
Ambassador
Gerard Araud
told Inner
City Press
that Pillay's
briefing
would, as
before, be on
the Middle
East (that is,
Syria), but
she
might answer
questions
about Libya.
But
in Council
consultations
on June 28
things got
more
complicated.
Two additional
subjects were
added:
Palestine, and
Sudan / South
Sudan. "We
will have
three separate
consultations,"
a Council
member told
Inner City
Press with a
smile, later
adding that
Libya and
Palestine will
be Monday
afternoon, and
the Sudans on
Tuesday
mornings.
Incoming
Council
President for
July,
Colombian
Ambassador
Nestor Osorio,
told Inner
City Press
these
consultations
-- he
mentioned
"miscellaneous"
-- would be
interspersed
with his
bilateral
meetings with
other
Council
members on
Monday July 1
about the
Program of
Work. That is,
Syria at 11
am, Libya
and Palestine
at 4 pm.
"Let's
see
if Pillay is
prepared on
all these
topics," joked
one Council
members. One
wag said she
might have to
"pull an all
nighter,"
perhaps with
the help of
the excellent
coffee
Osorio's known
to serve in
the Council.
Then again,
some of
Pillay's
briefings to
the Human
Rights Council
in
Geneva are
largely based
on reading the
newspapers.
Watch this
site.
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