By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, September 23 -- After UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met with Colombia's president Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Ban's office issued a read-out including that "President Santos hand-delivered a letter, also signed by Costa Rica, Jamaica and Panama, concerning maritime issues in the Caribbean Sea."
Inner City Press made inquiries, including to Ban's spokesperson's office, a "short and simple question: did President Santos of Colombia give the SG a letter? If so, did it assert that Nicaragua is 'expansionist'?"
Ban's Spokeperson's Office replied,
From: UN Spokesperson - Do Not Reply [at] un.org
Date: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:23 PM
Subject: Questions
To: Matthew.Lee [at] innercitypress.com
Date: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:23 PM
Subject: Questions
To: Matthew.Lee [at] innercitypress.com
Your question on Colombia:
Please see below the readout issued. It is for the Member States mentioned to decide whether they disclose the contents of the letter.
Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, President of the Republic of Colombia
The Secretary-General met with the President of Colombia, Mr Juan Manuel Santos. They discussed the on-going peace process between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
They also discussed Colombia’s progress on the MDG’s as well as its contribution to building a post-2015 development agenda. President Santos hand-delivered a letter, also signed by Costa Rica, Jamaica and Panama, concerning maritime issues in the Caribbean Sea.
23 September 2013
Your question on briefings in Room S-310: please direct your question to UNCA.
Politics, politics. The letter, we surmise, concerns the International Court of Justice case. And on the faux "UN briefing" in UN Room S-310, click here. Watch this site.
