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Ban
Silent After
Morocco
Rejected
COP22-Accredited
Beiruk's
Document
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
November 16
--
Morocco banned
Suelma Beirouk
from the COP
22, to which
she is
accredited,
because she
listed her
nationality as
Western
Sahara, and
used an
African Union
passport, the
UNFCCC told
Inner City
Press on
November 11.
But Ban
Ki-moon's UN
Secretariat
continued to
dissemble and
delay for five
days, while
Ban was in
Marrakesh and
get the King.
From the November
16 UN
transcript:
Inner City
Press: very
specifically
about a
Western Sahara
issue that's
arisen since
he's there,
which is
Sulima Baruk,
the… from
Western
Sahara, who
was accredited
to
attend.
So you told me
yesterday that
you had heard
it was being
worked out and
to ask Mr.
[Nick]
Nuttall.
So I did ask
him again, and
he reiterated
what he had
said last
Friday, which
is that
Morocco said
she can't
go. So
I'm just
wondering, on…
what was the
basis that
you… are we
getting two
different
messages from
Mr. Nuttall,
or are you
reading that
as being that
it's somehow
being worked
out on the
ground?
Deputy
Spokesman:
That they…
that is to
say, the UN
Framework
Convention on
Climate Change
(UNFCCC), the
officials
there, were
trying to deal
with the
authorities,
the Moroccan
authorities,
about this
issue.
And if it's
resolved the
way he said
it, that's
where it
stands.
Inner City
Press:
Well, it's
not… meaning
not… she was…
[UN did not
transcribe]
Deputy
Spokesman:
He's the one
who's dealing
with the
issue. [Cross
talk]
Inner City
Press:
But I guess I
was just
asking, have
you… both you
and Stéphane
have said that
the
Secretary-General
stands for the
principle that
accredited
NGOs
(non-governmental
organizations)
can attend,
and he did
actually meet
with the
Moroccan
authorities.
So did Ban
Ki-moon
actually raise
this issue or
not at all?
Deputy
Spokesman:
Well, I don't
have anything
to say in
terms of the
meeting with
the
King. I
don't know
about any
other
officials.
Now
Ban's
Spokesman is
tweeting about
a “farewell”
to Ban Ki-moon
from civil
society.
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