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From
W. Sahara, ICP
Publishes UN
Staff
Complaint of
Pressure, UN
Aware
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 5 --
The spokesman
for UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon,
Stephane
Dujarric, on
July 14 told
the press that
the “first
group of 25
MINURSO
personnel,
first batch,
of the
returning
landed in
Layun
yesterday.”
But,
Inner City
Press was
exclusively
informed by
sources, that
was false.
Confirmed
below.
Now MINURSO
staff through
their unions
have complained
to UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon and UN
Peacekeeping
chief Herve
Ladsous, as
well as Atul
Khare, about
political
pressure being
applied to
them by the
UN, about
bias,
discrimination
and lack of
due process.
This has
become a
hallmark of
the UN of Ban
Ki-moon and
his officials
like Spain's
Cristina
Gallach, here.
The letter,
which Inner
City Press is
exclusively
publishing
here, says
Ban's UN has
been making
“political
concessions”
and violating
applicable
rules. It
cites a
message from
the Mission
never followed
through on,
and calls for
the Security
Council to
belatedly be
informed how
few staff have
been returned.
Given
that, why are
“vacancies” to
be advertised?
What deal has
Ban Ki-moon,
and/or
Ladsous, cut
with Morocco?
For now, the
UN is not
saying. On
August 5 Inner
City Press
asked, video
here, UN transcript
here:
Inner City
Press: In
Western
Sahara,
there's a
letter that
I've seen from
a staff union,
UNISUR and
another union,
basically
saying that
the staff that
are supposed
to be returned
have received
a letter that
makes them
doubt that
they'll
actually be
returned, and
the letter
from the staff
union to the
Secretary-General
and Mr.
[Hervé]
Ladsous talks
about
political
compromises
and urges a
compliance
with UN rules
in terms of
how the staff
are… are
treated.
Can you
confirm
receipt of the
letter?
And what is
the response
of the
Secretariat to
the staff
union, saying
that basically
the rights of
staff under
the rules are
being traded
away from
political
convenience?
Deputy
Spokesman:
Well, we're…
certainly, we
are aware of
the
letter.
I don't have
any response
to share with
you at this
point. I
believe that
that will be
considered.
We'll have
more on this.
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