Masisi defends Khama's no-show at United Nations

Gothataone Moeng | Tuesday February 18, 2014 15:25

 

However, since coming into power, Khama has attended six Conservation International (CI) board meetings, accompanied by a delegation of five officers being his senior private secretary, chief of protocol, two security officers and a presidential nurse. 

According to the UN website, the General Assembly is 'the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ' of the UN. The assembly, which meets once a year, is the only platform in which all 193 UN member nations have equal representation, and thus provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.

The AU summit is the supreme organ of the union and determines common policies and establishes priorities of the union.

Khama is a board member of Conservation International.

Masisi declined to answer questions regarding the reasons behind the president's non-attendance.  He said he could not readily answer that question, posed by Kanye North MP Kentse Rammidi, and advised that it should be noticed through the normal Parliamentary process.

Gaborone Central, MP Dumelang Saleshando had requested Masisi to state the number of times the President has attended the meetings since assuming office and the sizes of the delegations that accompanied him.