S.
Korean Month
as SC Prez To
Privatize
Access Through
Censorship
Alliance?
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, April
15 -- Can
media access
to a country's
monthly
Presidency of
the UN
Security
Council be
privatized, to
a sub-set of
correspondents
which has been
engaged in
censorship and
trying to get
investigative
media thrown
out of the UN?
The
question is
raised by
South Korea's
upcoming May
presidency and
a
notice sent
out by the
United Nations
Correspondents
Association,
which has become
Ban's UN's
Censorship
Alliance:
The
U.N.
Correspondents
Association is
pleased to
extend an
invitation to
you, on behalf
of H.E.
Ambassador Oh
Joon,
Permanent
Representative
of the
Republic of
Korea to the
U.N., to a
roundtable
discussion to
introduce the
Republic of
Korea's
Presidency of
the Security
Council
in May and to
commemorate
the 10th
Anniversary
(April 28) of
Security
Council
Resolution
1540. A
reception will
follow the
roundtable
discussion.
Where
& When:
Tuesday,
April
29th, 2014 at
the Mission of
the Republic
of Korea, 335
E. 45th
Street (1st
& 2nd
Avenue).
Program:
5:00
- 6:00pm -
Panel
Discussion
followed by
Q&A
Speakers
include:
Ambassador
Oh
Joon, Chair of
the 1540
Committee
Mr.
Terence
Taylor,
Coordinator of
the 1540 Group
of Experts,
Introduction
by
Pamela Falk,
President,
U.N.
Correspondents
Association,
CBS News
6:00
pm - Reception
Due
to limited
space, please
RSVP to
contactus@unca.com,
and specify if
you will be
attending both
the roundtable
discussion
and/or the
reception.
This
invitation is
not
transferable.
Best
regards,
Pamela
S. Falk
President,
U.N.
Correspondents
Association
Angling
for this
privatization,
Falk of CBS
has been
tweeting such
gems as
"#South Korea
Amb. Oh Joon
says #DPRK
#NorthKorea
will
have to answer
for crimes
sooner or
later."
Apparently,
that
type of
"coverage"
seeks reward,
by contrast to
public
questions if
provocations
on the
Peninsula run
both ways,
click here
for March 27
UNTV video
from Minute
1:17.
This
type of
attempted
privatization
has not been
seen before,
certainly
not under Kim
Sook; it is
contrary to a
trend of
increasing
access,
for example requested
Q&A
stakeouts
after Council
consultations
by Luxembourg
in February
and Nigeria
so far this
month.
The
Republic of
Korea's
Mission to the
UN, through
the contact
listed on
its website
which as
separate pages
for the UN
noon briefing
and also
for Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon, has
been asked
several
questions.
Watch this
site.
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