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Syrian ambassador decries UN mistreatment [VIDEO]


 

Jun 21, 2014, Press TV

On Wednesday, the Syrian Mission to the United Nations convened a press conference featuring observers of the recent Syrian elections.

Five minutes into the press conference, the webcast of the conference was abruptly cut off. Later that evening, while speaking at the UN church nearby, Syrian Ambassador Bashar Jaafari commented on what occurred.

This is not the first time the official UN webcast has been shut down while Jaafari was speaking. This occurred on June 7th, and numerous times throughout 2013. Inner City Press reported when June 7th the webcast was cut off, this was in compliance with a direct order from Michele DuBach, the Acting Deputy Director-News & Media Operations.

When Press TV asked about this pattern at the noon briefing, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephan Dujjarac, claimed it was merely technical difficulties. Dujjarac was apologetic, but insisted that it was unintentional, despite the pattern. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, also responding to a question from Press TV, stated his displeasure with this occurrence.

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