UNITED
NATIONS, June
6 -- With the
Austrian
pullout from
the observer
mission in the
Golan, UNDOF,
a new light is
cast on the
UN's lack of
transparency
about whether
Peacekeeping
chief Herve
Ladsous was
aware
of or looking
into a Qatar
role in
kidnappings of
and attacks on
peacekeepers
in the Golan,
and Austria's
repeated
warnings that
it
might leave.
On
June 4, Inner
City Press
asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesperson
Martin
Nesirky:
Inner
City
Press: at the
session this
morning of the
Human Rights
Council,
it was said
that Mr.
[Hervé]
Ladsous is
investigating
the role of
Qatar in the
three
kidnappings of
peacekeepers
in the Golan
Heights
by the Yarmouk
Martyrs
Brigade or
Battalion, and
I wanted to
know,
since there
has been some
back and forth
about what,
what this 22
May
letter from
the Syrian
Mission to Mr.
Ladsous was.
Can we find
out,
yes or no? Is
it true that
[Department of
Peacekeeping
Operations]
is conducting
an
“investigation”
of a Qatari
role in the,
in the
kidnapping of
UN
peacekeepers?
Spokesperson
Nesirky:
I’ll ask
[Department of
Peacekeeping
Operations],
Matthew.
But
48 hours
later,
nothing, no
answer. This
is Ladsous,
who had
repeatedly
refused to
answer Press
questions. See compilation video,
here. But
who is being
served?
On
the third
kidnapping,
Ladsous spoke
only to
friendly
reporters. Now
there's even a
claim of an
"exclusive"
spoonfeeding
Ladsous'
spokesman
Kieran Dwyer,
who appears
justifying
refusal to
answer at the
end of the video.
Likewise
Inner
City Press
repeatedly
asked
Nesirky's
deputy Eduardo
Del Buey
to respond to
public
statements by
Austrian's
defense
minister and
then foreign
minister that
the country
would pull its
troops out of
UNDOF, if the
EU arms
embargo
expired, or in
other
situations.
Each
time Del Buey
insisted the
UN had heard
nothing about
it. Now this.
Will
Ladsous be
held
responsible
for any of
this? Watch
this site.
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