Masood and Nizar's questions

The following is an excerpt from the U.N. Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of April 23. Unbelievable comparisons! Certainly got my blood pressue raised this morning.
Read full transcript: http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2012/db120423.doc.htm


We have time for one or two questions. Masood?


Question: Now, number one, I wanted to ask you, now that you talked about this Palestinian question and that it took, I mean, Gaza is not united, but the West Bank and so forth, and then in the background of this meeting happening on the Holocaust. Has the Secretary-General talked to the Israeli authorities about releasing thousands of Israeli, I mean Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails who have not been had recourse to law? That is the bottom line. Will he be in talking, once again, to the Israeli parliamentarians or Knesset leaders who hear about this issue?


Deputy Spokesperson: The Secretary-General, as you know, Masood, and we said it when he visited the region in January/February, spoke extensively to leaders of the region; he expressed his views. His Special Representative there, Mr. Robert Serry, is in daily contact with Palestinian and Israeli authorities; they know what the Secretary-General’s views are. And again, Mr. Pascoe, this morning, again reiterated the Secretary-General’s views at the Security Council. I would invite you to read his speech, which is available in our office.

Question: Yes, sir, my question is basically related to the events that are going to take place here today. In that, in the backdrop of that, which is also a very solemn event about the Holocaust, is a very solemn event, and it is a very tragic event that happened. But, the arrest and incarceration of thousands of Palestinians without recourse to law is also tragic.
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Deputy Spokesperson: Nizar?


Question: [inaudible] regarding this Holocaust event. Is the Secretary-General going to raise the issue of implementation of the recommendations of the Goldstone’s committee report? Is he going to raise that, I mean this, this ceremonial, rather, I mean, one representing [inaudible]?

Deputy Spokesperson: Well, this is a ceremony marking the Holocaust and I think we are going to leave it at that. I don’t have any further information.

Question: [Inaudible] accountability, of course, that being implemented with regard to those perpetrators of the Holocaust and [inaudible] example of that, these people who committed similar crimes a few years ago still aren’t touched, and there doesn’t look like there is a will among the international community to pursue, bringing them to justice. Isn’t that a part of [inaudible]…?

Deputy Spokesperson: I didn’t, I can’t hear; the microphone isn’t turned on properly.

Question: I, I said, since Eichmann and the likes of Eichmann were tried, shouldn’t there be some accountability for those who perpetrated crimes as established in the Goldstone report and bring, being brought to justice, rather than just remembering the past?