On
Yemen, After
Saudi Bombs
Rally in
Sana'a, UN
Brags About
Kuwait
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, May
23 -- The UN
Secretariat's
bungling of
Yemen
mediation has
become ever
more clear,
according to
multiple
sources and
documents
exclusively
seen by Inner
City Press,
see below.
On
May 9, Inner
City Press
asked Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric about
Saudi-led
Coalition air
strikes on
Amran, and if
the UN would
admit that the
Houthis have
controlled the
base there
since 2014.
"Not for us to
say, "was the
answer from
Dujarric, who
as it happens
blocks Inner
City Press on
Twitter just
as the UN
Envoy blocks
journalists in
Yemen. Video
here. From
the UN
Transcript:
Inner
City
Press:
does the UN
believe that
this base was
already
controlled by
the
Houthis…
[inaudible]
Spokesman:
That’s not for
us to say.
But
see
below.
On May 22,
after a banal
UN read-out of
a meeting
between its
Ban Ki-moon
and Hadi, the
Saudi-led
coalition
dropped bombs
in Sana'a,
near a rally
in Maidan
Assab'een
(Seventieth
Square) in
Sana'a, to
frighten and
break up the
rally.
Some didn't
run; some
fired in the
air. Where are
Ban Ki-moon
and his fishy
envoy on this
one? Selling
cars?
On May
23, Inner City
Press asked
Ban's
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric, video here, UN
transcript
here:
Inner
City Press: I
heard what you
said about
the...the
talks in
Kuwait.
You said that
yesterday
actually the
Saudi-led
coalition
dropped bombs
on Sana'a for
the first time
in some time.
And there's
also an
Amnesty
International
report out,
basically very
detailed,
talking about
the use of
U.K. BL755
cluster bombs
around
Sa’ada.
So I'm
wondering, is
the
envoy...was he
unaware of
those...
those... what
does he think
of airstrikes
on the capital
where people
marking...
Spokesman:
We obviously
condemn all
the continued
violence we've
seen in Yemen,
whether it's
airstrikes,
whether it is
attacks,
terror attacks
that we've
seen even over
the weekend.
The message is
clear is that
the focus
needs to be on
the
political...on
the political
talks.
We need to see
a lowering
of...of the
violence.
We're
obviously very
much aware of
these issues.
On the use of
cluster... you
know, the
reported use
of cluster
munition, I
think the
Secretary-General
and others
have reminded
that those
countries who
sell weapons
and munitions
to a... to a
third country
have also
responsibility
on how those
weapons are
used.
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