By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 1 --
For the UN
inspection in
Panama of the
ship
bound from
Cuba to North
Korea, August
5 was supposed
to be the
date.
But
it has taken
longer than
expected to
unload all of
the sugar. And
Panama's
president has
made it a
point to pose
for photos
with every
old MiG engine
taken out. So
now it's
August 12.
Outside
the
UN Security
Council
Thursday
morning, Inner
City Press
asked
South Korea's
Permanent
Representative
Kim Sook about
the delay, and
about the head
of the UN
team, Martin
Udin.
He
replied that
Udin was the
UK Ambassador
to Korea, and
therefore
knows
what North
Korea is like.
He noted that
Cuba has
pledged to
cooperate with
the Security
Council and
added, let's
see.
Also
in front of
the Security
Council
Thursday
morning, Inner
City Press
learned more
about incoming
Council
president
Argentina's
August 6
high level
session on
"cooperation
with regional
organizations."
President
Cristina
Kirchner will
attended - and
Malvinas (or
Falkland)
Islands
will be on the
agenda.
Foreign
minsters
including of
Venezuela and
Ecuador are
slated to
attend. Cuba
has been
mentioned,
then mentioned
as not yet
confirmed.
One
might link
these two
stories, the
Cuban ship in
Panama and the
Security
Council on
August 6. But
sources tell
Inner City
Press a
question has
arising about
the CELAC
grouping being
among the
"regional
organizations"
on August 6.
Watch this
site.
Footnote:
Into the
bilateral
meetings with
new UNSC
President Argentina,
after Togo,
France ran in.
A question is
pending, from
the Free UN
Coalition for
Access since
it is a
transparency
policy
question,
whether France
thinks UN
Peacekeeping
under Herve
Ladsous should
disclose which
Congolese Army
units they
support, and
who won
Ladsous' drone
contract. The
question pends
elsewhere,
too. Watch this
site.
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