As
Ban
Met Jarba, His
Office Tells
ICP Unaware of
Syria Letter,
But Here
It Is
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
September 28
-- On
September 27
at the UN
Security
Council
stakeout, on
UN Television,
Inner City
Press asked
Syria's
Permanent
Representative
Bashar
Ja'afari about
the French
sponsored
meeting in
the UN ECOSOC
chamber on
September 26
promoting
Saudi-sponsored
rebel
boss Ahmad al
Jarba.
Ja'afari
replied,
on camera,
that Syria had
protested that
meeting in
advance
in a letter to
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon,
"yesterday, actually
before
yesterday." Video
here, from
Minute 7:52.
It
was not
possible on
September 27
to ask Ban
Ki-moon: at
the stakeout,
he took only
two question,
both from
board members
of the UN
Correspondents
Association
which supports
and hosted
Jarba for a faux
UN briefing in
July.
(They
tried again
this week; the
new Free
UN Coalition
for Access
@FUNCA_info
asked Ban's
spokesperson's
office how
this was
legitimate
and was told
to "ask UNCA."
Friday the
briefing was
held
outside the UN
in a hotel;
Jarba left
early.)
But
after Ban's
Spokesperson
at 7:40 pm on
September 28
announced that
Ban met
earlier in the
day with
Jarba, Inner
City Press
immediately
asked about
Syria's
protest.
Ban's
spokespersons
office
replied:
Subject:
Your
questions
From: UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not Reply
[at]
un.org
To:
Matthew.Lee
[at]
innercitypress.com
The
Secretary-General
met with Mr.
al-Jarba at
his Residence
this evening
with a small
number of the
Secretary-General's
senior
advisers.
The
Spokesperson
is not aware
of any letter
so far from
the Syrian
Mission on the
topic you
mention.
This
last is
problematic.
Inner City
Press has
obtained a
copy of
Syria's
letter --
dated
September 24
-- to not only
Ban but also
the Under
Secretaries
General of
DGACM and DPI,
and we are
putting it
online
here:
http://www.innercitypress.com/syria2bandpijarba092413.pdf
Ban
and his Office
are clearly
attuned to the
views and
communications
of
France and the
US. But what
about this
letter? Was it
really never
received? This
will have to
be answered.
Watch this
site.
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