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| Russia Wants U.N. to OK Mideast ’Map’ |
| 2003-10-31 |
| Russia introduced a resolution Thursday asking the U.N. Security Council to endorse the ``road map’’ peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the United States said the timing was not right. "Nope, nope, won’t work, nope, nope." U.S. deputy ambassador James Cunningham cited the absence of a Palestinian government to implement the peace plan drafted by Russia, the United States, the United Nations and the European Union. The plan aims to end violence and establish a Palestinian state by 2005. ``We need to look at the context, the timing, and what we want the impact to be,’’ Cunningham said. ``We don’t think the timing is right now since there’s no Palestinian government in place and we just want to look carefully at how you position the step to do that to see that it has some beneficial impact.’’ Just love the way he slipped in the major dis on Yasser and WhatsHisFace the prime minister. No government, har-har. But Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Sergey Lavrov disagreed, saying he would like the Security Council to approve the resolution unanimously next week to coincide with the formation of a new Palestinian government. Notice how our guy conveniently didn’t notice that a new Paleo "government" would be formed. Earned his pay yesterday. That not only would show the new government it has Security Council support but also that it has an obligation to implement the peace plan, he said. "Obligation" doesn’t translate into Arabic, does it? Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has asked Prime Minister Ahmed Especially since Vlad now owns Yukos. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 So Fred, you don't think this is a Russian offer to take the lead on the old peace process. I agree. I see this as an effort to solidify whatever boundaries were drawn up in the Vienna farce to be followed by a demand that Israel stop fence/wall construction and pull back out of specific settlements. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-31 5:14:26 PM |
| #2 On the other hand, a unanimous UNSC resolution would make it "the UN's 'road map'" instead of "the Bush 'road map.'" I notice it's the Quartet's 'road map' when things are looking up, Bush's when the boomers are booming... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-10-31 2:06:46 PM |
| #1 But Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Sergey Lavrov disagreed, saying he would like the Security Council to approve the resolution unanimously next week to coincide with the formation of a new Palestinian government. As long as Arafart has any kind of control or say in Palestinian government, nothing that is put forth will be anything "new". |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-31 1:00:42 PM |