New York, March 18, 2015 (SPS) - UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq has indicated that Secretary-General Ban-Ki-moon did not delegate Philippe Douste-Blazy or anyone else to represent him or the United Nations at the Crans Montana Forum, held in the occupied city of Dajla on 12-14 March 2015.
In the Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-Genera, the official explained that Douste-Blazy is on a dollar-a-year contract, and he doesn’t have to vet all of his other activities with the UN.
“We're in touch with him about his UN activities. What we were concerned about is any effort to misrepresent his participation as participation of the UN,” said the source.
“It behoves all of the people who are on these appointments to make clear when they are not acting in their UN capacity that they are in fact not acting in their UN capacity. Their performance as UN officials is strictly reserved for various topics. So for Mr. Douste-Blazy, for example, he’s an envoy dealing with innovative financing. He did not appear in that capacity in Dakhla,” concluded the UN official. (SPS)
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