Daily Star - Next Hariri report 'in November,' not this month, September 05, 2008
The head of the United Nations commission investigating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination, Daniel Bellemare, is to issue a report on his findings by the end of November, instead of in September as was expected, An-Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday. An-Nahar attributed the report to an assistant spokesman for UN chief Ban Ki-Moon. The report said the UN Security Council's current chairman, Burkina Faso Ambassador Michel Kafando, circulated the council agenda for September and it did not include a session to review an expected report by Bellemare on progress of the investigation into Hariri's murder. An assistant spokesman for Ban, answering a question from An-Nahar, said: "The Security Council has decided [Bellemare] should present his report every six months instead of three." "The forthcoming report is expected by the end of November," he said. A diplomatic source at the UN headquarters in New York also told An-Nahar that Bellemare is "not obliged to present a report every three months. His forthcoming report is expected before the end of the year."
The head of the United Nations commission investigating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination, Daniel Bellemare, is to issue a report on his findings by the end of November, instead of in September as was expected, An-Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday. An-Nahar attributed the report to an assistant spokesman for UN chief Ban Ki-Moon. The report said the UN Security Council's current chairman, Burkina Faso Ambassador Michel Kafando, circulated the council agenda for September and it did not include a session to review an expected report by Bellemare on progress of the investigation into Hariri's murder. An assistant spokesman for Ban, answering a question from An-Nahar, said: "The Security Council has decided [Bellemare] should present his report every six months instead of three." "The forthcoming report is expected by the end of November," he said. A diplomatic source at the UN headquarters in New York also told An-Nahar that Bellemare is "not obliged to present a report every three months. His forthcoming report is expected before the end of the year."
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