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New York, US (PANA) -
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said
Thursday he intends to pass the UN probe report on Guinea
crackdown to the government of Guinea, the African Union (AU), the
ECOWAS and the UN Security Council.
The Secretary-General, in a statement obtained by PANA here, said that he
had received the report by the International Commission of Inquiry on the
28 September, 2009 events in Guinea.
``The report flows from the work of the Commission in Conakry, Guinea,
from Nov. 25 to Dec. 4, 2009,'' it stated.
``The Secretary-General is now considering the report, after which it is
his intention to promptly transmit the report to the relevant parties,
including the Government of Guinea, the African Union, ECOWAS and the
Security Council," the statement said.
In November, the UN announced the establishment of the International Commission
of
Inquiry to investigate the loss of lives and rights violations amid the recent v
iolence in Guinea.
The three-member team is headed by Mohamed Bedjaoui, an Algerian
diplomat and jurist, who was a former foreign minister and also served
as a judge on the International Court of Justice and as president of
Algeria's highest judicial authority, the Constitutional Council.
Two other members were Francoise Ngendahyo Kayiramirwa, a former
Burundi government minister, and Pramila Patten, a member of the UN
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Rights groups said dozens of protesters were killed on Sept. 28
by Guinean security forces, who opened fire when they rallied against
plans by the leader of the military junta to run in presidential elections
in January.
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| New York - 18/12/2009 |
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