By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
May 10 -- When
Libya
sanctions were
adopted by the
UN
Security
Council, all
193 member
states were
given until
June 26,
2011 to file
reports on
their
implementation.
Now
more than ten
months after
the deadline,
it seems that
only
57 countries
have
filed reports.
At least five
current
Security
Council
members are
not listed
among those
who have filed
reports:
Azerbaijan,
Guatemala,
India, Morocco
and Pakistan.
Resolution
1970
provided:
"25.
Calls upon all
Member States
to report to
the Committee
within 120
days of the
adoption of
this
resolution on
the steps they
have taken
with a view to
implementing
effectively
paragraphs 9,
10, 15 and 17
above [of
resolution
1970 (2011)]."
"Accordingly,
States
that have not
yet reported
to the
Committee on
the steps they
have
taken with a
view to
implementing
effectively
the paragraphs
cited
above, which
set out the
arms embargo,
the travel ban
and the assets
freeze, are
reminded to do
so no later
than 26 June
2011."
And
still -- five
Council
members are
not listed as
filing.
The Permanent
Representative
of one of the
N or
Non-compliant
Five
sheepishly
told Inner
City Press
that reporting
is not that
important.
Another said
he would go
and find out.
Some wonder
how the
Security
Council
members can
ask other
states to
follow its
mandates if
they
themselves do
not practice
what they
preach.
Another said
"as long as
the Permanent
Five members
file, that's
what's
important."
Outside
the
Council's
session on
Libya on
Thursday
afternoon,
Inner City
Press
asked a number
of non-filers
who are not on
the Security
Council to
explain
themselves.
The Permanent
Representatives
of a sample
European
nation, asking
that he and it
not be
identified,
said his
country is
waiting for
greater
Council
transparency
on sanctions
before filing
reports. The reform
proposals
of the
so-called
Small Five,
which Inner
City Press has
covered,
were
cited among
the reasons.
Sanctions
and due
process are
listed in
Paragraph 9 of
the Small
Five's
resolution's
annex.
Inner
City Press'
previous
report, that
the resolution
will be put to
a vote this
month,
appears to
remain true.
Sources say
that the
Permanent Five
members of the
Council have
told the Small
Five that if
they go
forward with
the
resolution,
the P5 will
still
negotiating
with them.
A
G4, meanwhile,
loves this,
and says it is
"ready for the
kill shot"
once
this happens.
United for
Consensus
members shake
their heads,
bemoaning the
Small Five's
failure to
take the time
to get
two-thirds
support of
member states,
or to wait for
a wider reform
proposal.
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