UNITED NATIONS, April 7 -- In the midst of the UN's response to Haiti's earthquake, it has removed its country representative Kim Bolduc, Inner City Press has discovered.
Told by a source that Ms. Bolduc was leaving Haiti, on March 31 on the sidelines of the Haiti donors' conference Inner City Press asked UN spokesman Martin Nesirky, "do you know if Kim Bolduc is still performing her function as country coordinator in Haiti?" While Nesirky answered "Pass, don’t know," subsequently this came in:
Subject: Answer to your question on Ms Kim Bolduc
From: @un.org
To: Inner City Press
Dear Matthew, Kindly find hereby the answer to your question :Is Ms Kim Bolduc still performing her duties in Haiti?
"Kim Bolduc completed her assignment in Haiti on 30 March 2010".
It is certainly a strange time to have the country representative's "assignment" run out.
Also alongside the Haiti Donors' Conference at the UN, Bill Clinton co-hosted a corporate event for Coca-Cola, promoting a drink called "Haiti Hope."
While the Press was barred from the event, the UN Office of Partnership' roster of 135 invitees, subsequently obtained, lists Nestle executives Paul Bulke and Peter Braback, executives from Citigroup including Vikram Pandit, Siemens and Crescent Petroleum. And so it goes at the UN.
And here's from the April 1 transcript of the IMF, titularly a part of the UN system:
INNER CITY PRESS ONLINE QUESTIONER: At the U.N. yesterday, Mr. Strauss-Kahn said that the IMF has yet to forgive Haiti’s debt. By contrast, the IABD has already forgiven $479 million. Can you explain the IMF’s delay and exactly what Executive Board Meeting it will be when Mr. Strauss-Kahn will actually propose forgiving Haiti’s debt?
MR. RICE: In response to this question, I’d really like to refer you to the statement that we issued yesterday from the Managing Director when he attended the high-level conference in New York City. And on the issue of debt relief, what he had said was that there was a framework--staff was preparing a framework to be put forward for consideration by the IMF Executive Board on the issue of debt relief and the IMF...
Watch this site.And see, www.innercitypress.com/haiti1kimcoke040610.html
