On Syria, A Possible PRST After UNSC Approves Syria Chemical Weapons Mechanism, It’s Said, But Why?

By Matthew Russell Lee, for InnerCityPro.com  UNITED NATIONS, August 7 -- After the UNSC on August 7 adopted a resolution on an accountability mechanism for the use of chemical weapons in Syria, on the steps leading out from the UNSC stakeout Russia's Vitaly Churkin said “I hope it will translate into our continued joint work ...

At the UN, there’s the official news, often on delay. Or there’s the real news. Sometimes you have to go Pro

At InnerCityPro Membership signup, option are offered. Or, to access Protected posts / donate, go to innercitypro.com/signup , via PayPal; you will be emailed a password and instructions. The UN itself writes up press releases about its own meetings, about the Secretary General's and Security Council's statements. Ostensibly objective newswires write these up, usually on ...

On Yemen, Inner City Pro Asked UN Envoy of Sana’a Parties Wanting to Meet Ban, Not Him, Full Text of His of Opening Statement Here

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, June 24 -- The UN Secretariat's bungling of Yemen mediation has become ever more clear, according to multiple sources and documents exclusively seen by Inner City Pro, see below.   On June 24, Inner City Pro asked the UN's replacement envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed about the request by ...

On Burundi, Ban Ki-moon Is Asked Again to Replace UN Mediator Djinnit, Letter Here and Translated by InnerCityPro

  By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, June 8 -- Nineteen days after the UN Security Council, the United States and the UN Peacebuilding Configuration on Burundi on May 15 issued statements urging calm in the country given the return of Pierre Nkurunziza to presumably run for a third term, on May 29 Inner City Press asked UN spokesman ...

InnerCityPro Asks Turkish Cypriot Leader Akinci of Hydrocarbons, He Cites Turkey Pipeline

  By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, June 4 -- With new Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci at the UN on June 4, Inner City Pro asked him, as it had his predecessor, if hydrocarbons could help resolve the situation on the island. Video here. Here is his response, transcribed by Inner City Pr0: "Regarding the hydrocarbons, ...

On Yemen, UN Aid Chief Speaks to UNSC, Then Russia to the Press, about SC Statement

On Yemen, UN Aid Chief Speaks to UNSC, Then Russia to the Press, about SC Statement By Matthew Russell Lee for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, June 3 -- The UN Secretariat's bungling of Yemen mediation has become ever more clear, according to multiple sources and documents exclusively seen by InnerCityPro see below.   On June 3, the ...

IMF Tells Inner City Pro “No Time Line” on Yemen or Burundi, Is Nepal “Qualified” for IMF Relief?

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, May 28, updated -- On the day Yemen talks were supposed to resume in Geneva, but were canceled by the UN, Inner City Pro asked the International Monetary Fund for the status of its program. IMF spokesperson William Murray read out the question -- "on Yemen, given the cancellation ...

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