AFP FEBRUARY 12, 2014 Marshall Islands withdraw Lebanese - TopicsExpress



          

AFP FEBRUARY 12, 2014 Marshall Islands withdraw Lebanese generals UNESCO nomination PARIS - The Marshall Islands have withdrawn their nomination of a former Lebanese army general as their ambassador to UNESCO, a well-placed diplomatic source told AFP on Wednesday. The general, Jamil El Sayed, spent four years in prison on suspicion of involvement in the 2005 murder of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri. He denies any involvement and claims to have been subjected to arbitrary detention. The Marshall Islands move to nominate him to UNESCO, the UNs cultural arm, was revealed by French daily Le Figaro, which noted that acquiring diplomatic immunity could enable El Sayed to avoid potential prosecution by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, an international UN-backed criminal tribunal looking into Hariris murder. https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/lebanonnews/535172-marshall-islands-withdraw-lebanese-generals-unesco-nomination
Posted on: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:28:35 +0000

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