On Deir Ezzor, UN Belatedly Cites Credible Reports of Deaths, “No Hard Numbers”

  By Matthew Russell Lee for InnerCityPro.com UNITED NATIONS, January 19 -- The UN has recently been saying a lot about Madaya in Syria, but much less about Deir ezzor. So this Q&A on January 19: ICP: I wanted to ask about Deir Ezzor, in Syria. I heard just now at the stakeout that the ...

On Syria, de Mistura Hasn’t Sent Invitations for Jan 25, But No Other Date Discussed, UNSC Press Elements Here

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, January 18 -- When after closed door consultation with UN Syria envoy de Mistura the Security Council's president for January Elbio Rosselli was asked if there will be a delay in the talks past January 25, he replied, "I would only say that no different date was considered today.” ...

Q&A: On Syria Chemical Weapons, ICP Asks Kim Won-soo of Airstrikes Impact

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 2 -- The Security Council proceeded on Syria with a briefing about the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) on the use of chemicals as weapons Syria on December 2, after which the UN's acting High Representative for Disarmament Kim “Mr. Jim” Won-soo spoke to the press. Periscope video here, InnerCityPro.com fast ...

On Syria Chemical Weapons, Mr. Jim on Stairs, Elements to Press, Full Text & Periscope Here

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 7 -- The Security Council proceeded on Syria with a briefing about the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) on the use of chemicals as weapons Syria on October 7, after which the UN's acting High Representative for Disarmament Kim “Mr. Jim” Won-soo then Council's President for October Roman ...

On Syria, UN de Mistura’s Working Groups Rejected by Syrian Coalition and Others

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 3 -- When UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addressed the Security Council about Syria back on July 29, he was the opening act for his envoy Staffan de Mistura, and his new "Working Group" proposal.  Now the Syrian Coalition and others, named below, have rejected the Working Groups ...

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 ...

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Protected: NZUN’s Program of Work Has SIDS Debate & de Mistura Redux, MH17, Burundi & Maybe CAR Rapes Report

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