Morocco + flooz + the U.N. High Commissioners Office + Western Sahara = explosive tactics to bribe and influence those in power to stand against self-determination for the Sahara and ignore flagrant violations of human rights by Morocco: Machinations undertaken by the Moroccan diplomacy continue to be unveiled by the Moroccan Hacker, who uses the pseudonym Chris Coleman24 on his Twitter account. Through this account, in fact, details on the strategies and conspiracies of the Moroccan diplomats in New York and Geneva were revealed. But those details exposed by the mysterious hacker concerning actions by Moroccan diplomats within the Office of Navanethem Pillay, the former High Commissioner for Human Rights, disclosed a scandal of unprecedented scale. Documents recently uploaded on the hacker’s Twitter account, shows that the Moroccan Mission to Geneva, led by its Ambassador, Mr. Omar Hilale, say long about the dishonorable methods adopted by Morocco to influence some high officials of the UN Human Rights Council. We learn thus, that the Moroccan Ambassador infiltrated the entourage of the former High Commissioner, Navi Pillay, and was able to manipulate all her actions and positions concerning the case of human rights violations in Western Sahara. Financial support The Moroccan Ambassador did not hesitate to financially support Navanethem Pillay and the members of her office, to dissuade them (and her) from adopting any action that would have gone against the wishes of Morocco. As a result, Ms. Pillay seemed to be “very sensitive” to the wishes or orders of her generous Moroccan friends. I would like to bring to your attention the urgent required need to transfer the amount of $250,000 under the aegis of Moroccos contribution to the budget of the OHCHR, for 2011, which the High Commissioner had twice expressed the wish to receive (my faxes). This transfer will help make Pillay more attentive to our concerns about the content of the contribution of her office in the next report of the UN Secretary General on the Sahara, Omar Hilale wrote in one of the diplomatic cables sent to his Minister in January 2012. The Moroccan ambassador did not hesitate to use financial means as a way to stop Navi Pillay from paying an undue amount of attention to the repeated requests by her Representative in New York, Evan Simonovic, and even by Christopher Ross. The two diplomats having tried in vain to convince her to visit the Western Sahara. The Pawns: Kompass and Ndiaye The Moroccan mission did not only use money, paid in the form of donations to the Council. The Moroccan Ambassador reveals in messages to his superiors that he has succeeded in recruiting very good friends within Mrs Pillays personal staff. The two main “friends” of Morocco are no less than the Swedish, Anders Kompass, Director of Field Operations, and the Senegalese, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director of Special Procedures. According to Omar Hilale, the two men are more than just friends. They showed unlimited enthusiasm to facilitate the Moroccan plans and manipulations within the Human Rights Council opposing any attempt or opportunities to improve human rights in Western Sahara. Thanks to the strategy followed by this Mission (the Moroccan) to control the decisions of Pillays entourage, all the high officials of the High Commissioner in Geneva followed in lock-step the dictates regarding Moroccan concerns. However, the weakness of Ms. Pilay in front of Simonovic is the Achilles heel of our strategy. Worse, in other cables from the Moroccan ambassador, we find out how he managed to obtain crucial information from his informants, Kompass and Ndiaye, two pawns who did not hesitate to bring their Moroccan friend secret information at his own Embassy. For example, they provided him with crucial information about a meeting between Crhristopher Ross and Navanethem Pillay, the Secretary Generals Personal Envoy to Western Sahara apparently having attempted to convince the High Commissioner to visit the occupied territory. Another example, revealed by the cables was about the conspirers’ meeting devoted to discussing the visit that the Saharawi President, Mohamed Abdelaziz, was about to undertake to the Human Rights Council, in May 2013, to meet Navanethem Pillay. In both cases, the Ambassador and his two friends maneuvered together to limit the impact of these two visits and influenced Pillay so as she would not react positively to her two guests demands. The two Pawns went so far as to suggest to their Moroccan friend ideas and arguments to use so as to convince Pillay. Neutralizing and discrediting The documents also reveal how the “friends” of Morocco in the Human Rights Council managed to neutralize all honest officials, who were attempting to honorably perform their duty, such as the Tunisian, Frej Fennish, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Section in the OHCHR. The latter was considered by Omar Hilale as an enemy to the interests of Morocco. This Tunisian diplomat apparently suffered from a secret campaign led by the Moroccan Embassy and its “friends” to discredit him before Pillay and therefore neutralize him as well. Kompass and Ndiaye, also used their authority to advise and act within the Council to discredit the Polisario and impede any possibility of support to the expansion of the mandate of MINURSO to contain the protection of human rights. Therefore, the two pawns- and other officials - not cited by Hilale in his messages - influenced Navanethem Pillay in all her decisions following direct instructions from the Moroccan Embassy. They acted for example to dissuade Pillay from undertaking a visit to Western Sahara in 2014. They ensured that the contribution of OHCHR to the report of the UN Secretary General on Western Sahara, would be completely supportive of Morocco. They lobbied to prevent Pilay from giving any concessions to the President of the Saharawi Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, during their meeting in Geneva on May 23, 2013. Kompass further insisted on Pillay to send a technical mission to Western Sahara in May 2014, under his lead so as not to allow the Representative of the Office in New York, Evan Simonovic, to lead this mission he has been calling for many times before, simply because he is considered by Morocco to be unfriendly. Felonious methods These dangerous and compromising disclosures that undermine the reputation of the former High Commissioner and the two officials mentioned in this article, corroborate, once again, the shameful and mafia-like methods used by the representatives of his majesty internationally, including methods related to the corruption of officials serving in the administration of international bodies. The case of the Senegalese, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director of the Special Procedures in the OHCHR, is revealing. He confessed to his friend Hilale his resolved allegiance to Morocco, considering himself a dedicated believer and follower of the Tijania Sufi brotherhood”. In fact, he admitted to Hilale his dream to go to Fez because: he could not make the pilgrimage for 20 years. A mere formality for the Moroccan Ambassador, who immediately requested his Department of Foreign Affairs to send a formal invitation to Mr. Bacre Waly Ndiaye, to fulfill the fervent believer’s dream. Despite the financial scandals and corruption that have come to light, thanks to these leaked documents (Morocco did not deny their authenticity), the Sahrawi people continue suffering systematic violations of their basic rights. How many Sahrawi victims will continue enduring the worst violations committed by Morocco because of the corruption and lack of integrity within the UN bodies, which are supposed to ensure the respect of human rights in the world? The worst is that those responsible for these shameful plotting will go unpunished as usual. The Makhzen have certainly reserved for themselves a comfortable retirement in one of their oases.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 05:05:59 +0000
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