In Ban's UN, Press Barred from Photo Op with . - Tamil News Network

That UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon runs scared, as one of his staffers puts it, more on Sri Lanka than other countries was again on display, but not to be photographed, on July 5. Ban was to meet with Ranil Wickremesinghe, described in Ban`s schedule as Leader of the Opposition.

But when Inner City Press asked to see the photo opportunity at the first of Ban`s meeting with Ranil, the double standards began.

On Verge of !d Term, Ban Still Hasn't Watched . - Tamil News Network

As the film Sri Lanka Killing Fields was screened Tuesday on the westward face of First Avenue in New York, across the street at the UN Inner City Press asked Secretary General Ban Ki-moon`s spokesman Martin Nesirky if Ban has yet seen the film, and for the UN`s response to its determination that Ban has not implemented the passport of his own Board of Experts on war crimes in the country.