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UN agency denies any pressure over report on Arab countries
The UN Development Program denied that any government has asked to suppress a new report on "Freedoms and Good Governance in Arab countries" which is in its final stages of preparation. The UN agency, known as UNDP, said it was responding to numerous press reports in recent days about the new Arab Human Development Report, which had been expected in October. "While at different times concerns have been raised by some governments about the content of the forthcoming report, no formal discussions on editorial content have taken place, no government has asked for their suppression, and press reports that the US has threatened to cut future contributions to UNDP in relation to the upcoming report are inaccurate," the agency said in a statement. It said further details on publication of the new report will be provided after consultations on the possible creation of an independent center in the Middle East that could become the institutional home of an editorially independent report.
Posted by: Fred 2004-12-24 |
