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Ban Ki-Moon and 'Human Rights Council' argue over flotilla probe

The UN's Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and its 'Human Rights Council' in Geneva are arguing over which will investigate the incidents that took place on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara on May 31.

A representative of the secretary-general’s office said Ban continues to advocate his plan for a separate flotilla probe, based at UN headquarters in New York. The secretary-general’s office refused to comment on the existence of a probe on the part of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

“We don’t have a comment on the HRC probe,” the secretary-general’s representative said. “The secretary-general’s proposal remains on the table, and we are hopeful of a positive response to it.”

As evidence of a noticeable rift between UN branches on the issue of a Gaza inquiry, there is no mention of the HRC’s inquiry on the UN’s main press Web site.

The president of the Human Rights Council, Thai diplomat Sihasak Phuangketkeow, is currently recruiting researchers and investigators for the inquiry, and will likely appoint members by the end of the week, Kaplun said.

The inquiry members will report on their findings to the Human Rights Council at its 15th session in September.

Heh.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:38 AM