By Matthew Russell Lee
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UNITED NATIONS, September 29 -- It was the UN General Assembly of the solar powered cattle prod, in which for example the representative of Guinea gave a speech about climate change just after his government killed more than 150 protesters in Conakry.
Myanmar too spoke of climate change, as did North Korea. Sri Lanka, fresh from its bloodbath on the beach, spoke about "inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to Statehood," as well as about climate change. When red and green are mixed, the results are not pretty.
After the final fight of the General Debate, between Eritrea and Djibouti, Tuesday evening in the UN Delegates' Dining Room was a night of satay, beer and incongruously samosas in commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the independence day of Indonesia. Iranian foreign minister Mottaki arrived, and Deputy Ambassador Liu of China, a delegate from a competing event on 35th Street.
Finally there was talk of Guinea, that it is on the Security Council's agenda for Wednesday. Why was there so little warning of the descent into slaughter? Where was the UN's envoy to West Africa Said Djinnit? A source from Dakar, Senegal described to Inner City Press the grand building where Djinnit works, the road specially paved for him.
It emerged that Ghana's Ambassador in Conakry was beaten up two months ago, clearly a warning sign.
Inner City Press asked the Council's presidency, a press statement? We'll probably do something on that. Various Assistant Secretaries of State have come through the UN last week and this for bilateral, apparently without the knowledge or coordination of the US Mission to the UN. As one example, little is known at the top levels about the war crimes report on Sri Lanka which was due in Congress September 21. On background they say mid-October. But why?
The UN is gloating about the U.S. coming to its position on Myanmar. The relevant Assistant Secretary of State is coming to the UN to meet with a Myanmar delegation, including the minister of science and technology "who's like the number two." Why not Burma's minister of climate change?And see, www.innercitypress.com/unred1green092909.html
