United Nations: Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince is due to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, the kingdom’s ambassador said. Mohammad Bin Salman will be in New York later this week for meetings with business leaders after a visit to the US West Coast, UN officials told Reuters.
“An official request has come to the office of the secretary-general for a meeting with the deputy crown prince and as soon as we’re able to confirm something we shall,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
Saudi UN Ambassador Abdullah Al Muallemi told Reuters that the meeting had been confirmed for Wednesday.
Dujarric said that the UN had not yet responded to a June 8 letter to Ban from Al Muallemi on behalf of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The letter asked the United Nations to reveal details on the sources of information for its report on violations of child rights during armed conflicts. The United Nations infuriated Riyadh by briefly blacklisting a Saudi-led coalition over reports of killing children in Yemen. Riyadh has vehemently rejected the claims.
Dujarric said this week the United Nations would not disclose those sources.
