By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 22, updated
-- On Syria
and Libya, now
scheduled are
UN Security
Council
consultations
on the morning
of October 23.
The
Council was
supposed to be
"on mission"
in Afghanistan
and Yemen, but
canceled both
trips. And now
Russia has
introduced
three separate
draft press
statements, on
terrorist
attacks in
Damascus,
Lakhdar
Brahimi's
proposed Eid
ceasefire in
Syria, and the
siege of Bani
Walid, Libya.
How
the three
might be
traded off is
of interest.
Meanwhile
Ahmad
Fawzi, the
spokesman for
Kofi Annan as
Syria envoy,
then his
replaced
Brahimi, mass
e-mailed the
press on
Monday to say
his run is
over,
tomorrow.
He
named two
replacements,
one in New
York, the
other* [see
below]
of the
Secretary
General's
spokesperson's
office. Will
Fawzi be
replaced? Or
does the Eid
ceasefire
include a lull
in readouts?
Ban
Ki-moon at 6:30
pm on Tuesday
is slated to
meet Psy of
Gangnam
Style...
Here
is [was]
the draft Bani
Walid press
statement:
Security
Council Draft
Press
Statement on
Bani Walid
The
members of the
Security
Council
expressed
their grave
concern about
the escalation
of violence in
and around the
city of Bani
Walid, in
particular
reports of
growing
civilian
casualties,
including
children.
The
members of the
Security
Council called
on the Libyan
authorities to
take urgent
steps to
resolve the
conflict by
peaceful means
and to
preserve the
rights of all
Libyan
citizens.
The
members of the
Security
Council
stressed the
need to
promote
national
reconciliation
and inclusive
political
dialogue in
Libya.
* - Update of 12:35 pm October 23 - UN Spokesman Martin Nesirky, at the day's noon briefing, asked for a correction that the second of Brahimi's two fill-in spokespeople is still in the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary General. Consider it done. Inner City Press asked when the Secretariat will come forward with a public budget for Brahimi's office and mission, as it did for Kofi Annan's time as envoy. Watch this site.
