Salim Lone, the spokesman for Sergio Vieira de Mello who was killed in the truck bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003 — who was earlier the Director of the Media Division in the Department for Public Information at UNHQ/NY, is now apparently working as spokesman for the angry opposition who say [...]
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Filed under: Kofi Annan Watch, Salim Lone watch
The UN Spokesperson told journalistsa at UNHQ on Monday that “Eric Laroche, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, has written an open letter to Somali leaders, military commanders, elders and community representatives, in which he expressed grave concern at reports of abuse, harassment, theft and rape perpetrated on civilians displaced by the latest round of [...]
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Filed under: Salim Lone watch, Somalia
In the last few hours of Kofi Annan’s administration as UN Secretary-General, it is worth noting that his main achievements, according to him and his team, were (1) the Millennium Development Goals (which I treat elsewhere on this site), (2) getting the UN Security Council to proclaim that UN Member States have a responsibility to [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Kofi Annan, Kofi Annan Watch, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Salim Lone watch, Shashi Tharoor watch, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council
Former UN staff member Salim Lone has written an article that was published yesterday in the International Herald Tribune, entitled “In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war”.
Lone, a former journalist from Kenya (of sub-continental origin — meaning from pre-1948 India), who was stripped of his Kenyan citizenship for a period after having written an article critical of the Government, [...]
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Filed under: Journalism and Journalists, Salim Lone watch, Somalia, UN Security Council