By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive series
UNITED NATIONS, June 17, 2015 -- The UN Secretariat's bungling of Yemen mediation has become ever more clear, according to multiple sources and documents exclusively seen by Inner City Press, see below.
Now it's gotten even worse. Not only has Abdel Wahhab al-Humayqani, listed on the US Treasury Department terrorism list, been included in the Hadi delegation to Geneva - he has been permitted into the UN's Palais de Nations (from which Houthis are so far banned), and met directly with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, photo here.
Why does Ban Ki-moon have security, if his new Special Adviser brings in a designated terrorist to meet with him? How does the UN give a building entry pass to a designated terrorist? How many more are there?
The question particularly arises because Inner City Press is informed by exclusive sources that Ban's bungling Adviser Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed has been meeting with the opposition or Sana'a delegation in the hotel they are staying in, insisting they re-agree to only seven seat before they are permitted to the Palais de Nations to speak with the media as the Hadi / "terrorist" delegation does.
Inner City Press is informed that Cheikh Ahmed was told in this hotel meeting that he is incompetent, better suited to an administrative assistant position. The UN has insisted he is very qualified -- by what, human resources work for UNICEF in Yemen, where he allowed a staff member to be taken hostage due to his own failure to pick up armored vehicles from the airport or to arrange a security escort for the staff member to the airport?