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At UN
on Language(s)
and Diplomacy,
Only 3 Qs,
Colonialism
Not Among Them
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, May
19 -- When an
event on the
topic of
“Language(s)
and Diplomacy”
was held at
the UN on May
19, with
panelists
including the
head of the
Department of
Public
Information as
well as the
Permanent
Representatives
of Bulgaria --
with one and
perhaps a
second
candidates to
replace Ban
Ki-moon as
Secretary
General -- and
of Mexico,
Inner City
Press went to
ask one or
more
questions.
It was
announced at
the beginning
that it would
be
interactive.
But after
opening
presentations,
the moderator
had set aside
time (“eight
more minutes”)
to for example
ask Bulgaria
and Mexico,
neither big
troop
contributing
countries,
about language
and
peacekeeping.
Then it was
announced that
the head of
DPI Cristina
Gallach, of
whom many
questions
should be
asked but have
not been
permitted
since October
2015, would be
leaving early.
The moderator
Margaret
Besheer of
Voice of
America
said, “We'll
take questions
from the
left;” members
of the
delegations of
Mexico and
Guatemala, as
it turned out.
Then eschewing
the center
were Inner
City Press sat
live-streaming
with hand up,
the question
was given to
the right,
four points
from Burkina
Faso. And then
it was over.
Questions that
might have
been asked
include
whether the
focus on
having
Francophone
soldiers in
Francophone
Africa (read,
Francafrique)
has an impact
on the
prevalence of
sexual abuse
and
exploitation,
with the
French Serval
force in the
Central
African
Republic as a
case in point.
UN
Peacekeeping
being
controlled
four time in a
row now by
France raises
the issue, not
addressed or
allowed to be
address i the
"Language(s)
and Diplomacy"
event, of
colonialism.
We'll have
more on this.
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