July: The UK Says Its Policy of Migrant Returns Is Normal

With UK’s presidency of the Security Council underway, PassBlue
used its interview with Ambassador James Kariuki, the country’s
deputy permanent representative, to ask about one of the most
controversial pieces of UK foreign policy – a bill that could allow
British government ministers to ignore injunctions from the
European Court of Human Rights to suspend deportation of illegal
migrants. We also heard directly from the ambassador why the UK and
the United States blocked the airing of Russia’s Arria formula
meeting in April. The meetings are an informal way for Council
members to brief one another and the world via UN WebTV. China and
Russia have also blocked the broadcasting of these informal
meetings. We would like to know from you, the listener, if Council
members should be allowed to block the broadcast of any Arria-style
meeting. Please tweet us @pass_blue We were also joined by Evelyn
Leopold, a veteran journalist now retired from Reuters who has
reported in Africa and been stationed at the UN for two decades.
She discussed the peace stalemate in Sudan. Finally, we continued
our search for culpability over the Council’s inability to
reinstate the transitional government of Sudan or sanction the
fighting generals after the coup of 2022. Seton Hull link:
https://www.shu.edu/diplomacy/visiting.html GC tv link:
https://www.globalconnectionstelevision.com/