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man at UN denies President's charges The allegations were that the first letter which was sent to the President on July 31 had been received by her only on August 15 while the second letter accepting the invitation to address the General Assembly had not been sent to the President. In a letter to President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Friday Mr. Mahendran had stated that the delay in sending the first letter was because he had sent it to the Foreign Ministry, while no reference had been made to the second letter. Presidential Spokesperson Harim Peiris told The Sunday Times the explanation by the UN representative further makes clear there is a personal vendetta against the President by the Government. " Up to date we have not received any communication regarding the issue from the Government. We have sent several letters but there has been no response. We still maintain that it is the President as the Head of State who should address the UN General Assembly but the Government's action prevented this" he said. Mr. Peiris added that the explanation of the UN Representative was 'silly' as he should have sent the letter to the President who was the recipient. " A UN representative is kept for this purpose, we can't expect the Secretariat to keep track of all the letters. As to the second letter, how can they say that the letter is not there, it just can't go missing. It must have been received by somebody, who should be held responsible" he said. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who is to address the UN General Assembly left last morning. The regular sessions of the United Nations General Assembly provides Member States the opportunity to express their views on pressing international issues. These sessions will commence on September 23. |
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