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Title: UNO's SC/SG Busy on Turkish maverick Mavi Marmara Ship from 1 to 11 August 2010
Post by: Geopol on August 15, 2010, 04:26:52 AM

An Exceptional Concentration of UNO SG and UNO Security Council (chaired by Russia this Month) activities, during the first 10 Days of August (1 to11/8/2010), took place at New York on the Turkish maverick Mavi Marmara Ship affair, to set up a Panel, define the Procedure and start a new Enquiry on the brutal, violent provocations apparently committed by a controversial Turkish Group accused of mass "Lynch" attacks against isolated Israeli Marines surrounded and hit with many Metal Rodes, Sticks, Knives, Stun Grenades, thrown over board, probably even shot with Bullets from stolern guns, (as shown by many Videos, most filmed by Turkish assaillants), leading afterwards to allegedly excessive use of force by unprepared soldiers pushed to act to defend themselves and free theilr comrades, resulting in 9 killed and some 21 wounded, including several Israeli Marines, during the only burst of violence ever seen among numerous other Foreign attempts to transport by Sea Humanitarian aid to Gaza residents, which, on the contrary, were all Peaceful, both before, during and after this isolated Turkish exception.

UNO's Press Releases issued on August 2, 3, 4, 9 and 12 (about meetings held the 10 and 11 at NY), for the first time after two Months of inactivity, (the last UNO statement dating from .. June 5 !), attest, indeed, of an accelerated overload of UN decisions on this matter, which had been scheduled for the first 10 Days of the Russian Presidency of UNO's Security Council this Month, (at the same time while Moscow was notoriously struggling to survive against unprecedented Fires, Smog and Heatwave killing more than 800 People each Day, threatening Major Nuclear and Defence infrastructures, etc).

This was also the last opportunity for an Independent, Neutral third Country (as f.ex. Russia, on August) to chair UNO's SC on this Turkish - Israeli controversy, before Turkey itself takes over the rotating chair of UN SC on September, when it was decided for the Panel to present its conclusions (15/9/210), despite the obvious conflict of interest...