No consensus over envoys for Afghanistan, Myanmar
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The committee responsible for approving nominations of Ambassadors to the UN met on Wednesday without reaching consensus on competing claims to represent Afghanistan and Myanmar, diplomats said.“The c
The committee responsible for approving nominations of Ambassadors to the UN met on Wednesday without reaching consensus on competing claims to represent Afghanistan and Myanmar, diplomats said.
“The committee has decided to defer its decision of the credentials in these two situations,” said Anna Karin Enestrom, Sweden’s UN envoy and chairwoman of the credentials committee, whose nine members include the United States, Russia and China. The committee had received competing requests from the old and new regimes of the two states over who should represent them at the United Nations. The committee is due to submit its report next week to the General Assembly, which will be left to decide via a possible vote if its 200 members fail to reach a consensus, diplomats said.
There was “consensus” within the committee to refer the two cases to the assembly, two diplomats told AFP on condition of anonymity.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.