UNITED
NATIONS, July
28 -- After a
closed door
meeting with
Syria
oppositionists,
French
Ambassador
Gerard Araud
came out and
claimed
that the
Syrian
National
Coalition is
the only
legitimate
representative
of the Syrian
people, in the
eyes of the
immense
majority of
member states
of the UN
General
Assembly. French
Mission
to the UN
transcript
here.
Inner
City Press
asked what the
claim was
based on,
given the
multiply
amended
language of
the last Qatar
drafted
resolution
voted in the
GA. Inner City
Press'
question cited
as an example
Brazil. Video
here, from
Minute 5:06;
see Inner City
Press story
and exclusive
publication
of Brazil's
Maria Luiza
Ribeiro
Viotti's two
letters
to Qatar, here.
But
the French
Mission to the
UN's
"transcript"
of the
stakeout
press
encounter, here,
omitted the
reference to
Brazil. It
also
omitted the
Araudian claim
of a
"scientific
education" and
about "any
mathematical
system" -- a
claim that
Russia's
Vitaly Churkin
mocked minutes
later at the
same
microphone.
Beyond
the
mathematical
fact that 107
of 193 member
states is not
an
"immense"
majority,
Araud
misrepresented
what the 107
votes
were for.
Qatar's
drafted wanted
to "support"
the Arab
League giving
Syria's seat
to the
opposition,
but this ran
into
widespread
opposition in
the GA and
requests to
“avoid
language on
the
recognition of
any opposition
group at the
legitimate
representative
of the Syrian
people.”
So to get
votes -- there
was
still
widespread
abstention --
this was changed
before the
vote to
"welcome" the
switch and
only "in this
regard,"
in regard to
political
transition.
Others like
Malaysia
wanted only
to "note" the
switch.
But
after those
changed to
procure votes,
Araud made the
claim he did,
on
video. Will
this cost him
and Qatar
votes if they
try another
Syria
or other
resolution?
The
Syria
oppositionists
led by Saudi
supported
Ahmad Al
Jarba, after a
faux "UN
briefing"
which the "they /
Reuters spy
for the UN"
dubious
UN
Correspondents
Association
led by Pamela
Falk of CBS publicized
only to those
which
pay money to
UNCA, went
on to tell a media
also funded by
Saudi
Arabia
that they'll
try to get the
Syria UN seat,
probably in
September.
Will the same
chicanery be
tried? Nous
allons voir.
Watch
this site.
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