At
UN
on US -
Pakistan
Attack, "No
Line," No
Resolution, No
Comment
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
November 28 --
After a US
attack in
Pakistan
killed more
than 20
Pakistani
soldiers,
Inner City
Press on
Monday asked
UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
Deputy
Spokesman
Eduardo del
Buey
what the UN
had to say
about it, if
it thought
greater care
should be
taken.
"We're
aware
of the
reports," del
Buey said,
"we'll see if
we get a line
on that." Video
here, from
Minute 25:42.
This
appears to
mean that the
Office of the
Spokesperson
will wait to
see if Ban or
his team --
Ban's on his
way to South
Korea -- comes
up with a
short
statement
about this
cross-border
attack. A
member of
Ban's team
told Inner
City Press
that such a
statement is
unlikely.
When
del Buey was
pressed, he
said that "to
the best of my
knowledge,
neither the
Security
Council nor
General
Assembly has
passed a
resolution on
the
situation."
That, of
course, is
another
question.
Ban's office
puts on
statements on
less deathly
incidents that
are less of a
threat to
international
peace and
security. Why
not this one?
(c) UN Photo
Ban in
Pakistan,
comment on
killing of 28
soliders not
shown
A
Permanent
Representative
serving on the
Security
Council told
Inner City
Press
no one had
raised it
Monday morning
in the
Council, and
that Inner
City Press
should seek
out Pakistan's
ambassador
Haroon.
Pakistan is
joining the
Security
Council on
January 1.
Watch this
site.
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