'Ban Ki-Moon is taking a biased position' 05 May 09

'Ban Ki-Moon is taking a biased position' 05 May 09:

"Mustafa Barghouti, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, gives Al Jazeera criticises the UN secretary-general after he refuses to commission a further report into Israel's assault on Gaza."


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UN chief rejects further inquiry in Gaza | World news | The Guardian:

"One of the more striking features of today's UN inquiry into the Gaza war is the secretary general's prompt rejection of one of its key findings.

In its 11th and final recommendation, the board of inquiry said the killings and injuries that happened beyond its narrow remit, outside the walls of the UN compound in Gaza, 'should be investigated as part of an impartial inquiry mandated, and adequately resourced, to investigate allegations of violations of international humanitarian law'. In his covering letter, however, Ban Ki-moon, said he did not 'plan any further inquiry', opting not to use the secretary general's prerogative to order his own inquiries into allegations of serious human rights abuses." (more...)

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