We've extracted from the video of French Ambassador Gerard Araud's April 25 stakeout, mostly about Mali, the question on Western Sahara by Inner City Press, and Araud's answer and put it online, here. Araud said France "didn't oppose" human right monitoring in the UN mission's mandate, but "that's typical UN approach." It is rare for France, glad to have a veto on the Security Council, to criticize the UN. But perhaps its muscle flexing in Mali, if not the shameful endgame in Central African Republic and now Guinea Conakry, has given France a new attitude at the UN.
Araud claims there has been "a steady improvement on human rights in Western Sahara" - that's not at all clear from UN envoy Christopher Ross' reports - and to "ask the penholder" (that is, the United States).
Araud claims there has been "a steady improvement on human rights in Western Sahara" - that's not at all clear from UN envoy Christopher Ross' reports - and to "ask the penholder" (that is, the United States).
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