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UNASUR
Raised
Malvinas, But
UN Stands By
Read-out
Silent On It
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, July
13 -- When
UNASUR's
Ernesto Samper
Pizano held a
press
conference on
Friday at 5 pm
at the UN,
Inner City
Press asked
him if he
had raised to
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon and
his team the
issue of the
Malvinas
Islands, which
the UK calls
the Falklands.
Yes, he
replied. But
it wasn't in
the UN's
read-out.
So on
July 13, Inner
City Press
asked Ban's
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric:
Inner City
Press: there
was this
meeting
between UN…
the
Secretary-General
of UNASUR and
the
Secretary-General
and his chief
of staff on
Friday.
He gave a
press
conference
here. He
said the issue
of Malvinas
was raised,
but it was not
in the
readout.
Can you say
whether or not
it was raised?
Spokesman
Dujarric:
I will stand
by the
readout.
But, the
readout is not
meant to be…
any readout is
not meant to
be completely
exhaustive, so
we put out the
readout we
did.
Inner City
Press:
And what are
the next steps
on, in fact,
in naming a
good offices
envoy to the
Venezuela-Guyana…?
Spokesman
Dujarric:
As soon as I
have something
to announce, I
will.
On the latter,
Inner City
Press asked
about the
issues between
Venezuela and
Guyana, and
Yes,
Ernesto Samper
Pizano said,
referring also
to Ban's 3 pm
meeting with
Venezuela's
Foreign
Minister Delcy
Eloina
Rodriguez
Gomez.
The UN issued
a read-out of
Ban's 4:30 pm
UNASUR meeting
barely an hour
after it at
5:42 pm. But
the 3 pm
Venezuela
meeting was
not read out
until after 8
pm. Then the
UN said:
“The
Secretary-General
met today with
the Minister
of Foreign
Affairs of the
Bolivarian
Republic of
Venezuela,
H.E. Ms. Delcy
Rodríguez.
Minister
Rodríguez
delivered a
letter
addressed to
the
Secretary-General
from President
Nicolás Maduro
regarding the
United Nations
Good Offices
process on the
border
controversy
with Guyana.
The
Secretary-General
took note of
the Minister’s
views
regarding the
Guyana-Venezuela
border
controversy
and stated
that the UN
Secretariat
was in contact
with both
Governments
regarding this
issue.
“Subsequently,
the
Secretary-General
received today
a call from
the President
of Venezuela,
H.E. Mr.
Nicolás
Maduro. The
Secretary-General
acknowledged
receipt of the
President’s
letter
regarding the
Guyana-Venezuela
border
controversy
and reiterated
his assurances
of the
readiness of
the UN
Secretariat to
discuss the
way forward
with both
Governments.”
While
this is less
than clear, so
too is why Ban
never replaced
the previous
Good Offices
representative
when he passed
away. Inner
City Press has
asked, without
answer. Watch
this site.
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