Following our article yesterday on Al Fahim's 'ambassador' role and the IIMSAM organisation, Matt Scott at the Guardian has today picked up the story:
Although Diego Maradona has somehow managed to resist the lure of Fratton Park in favour of remaining Argentina's coach, that does not stop Sulaiman al-Fahim, who is supposedly taking over Portsmouth, from being very close to another eminent Maradona.
Indeed, perhaps his link with the lesser-known Maradona is what led to the confusion at his favoured media outlet, arabianbusiness.com, which purports him to be a "UN ambassador", a claim that has been cheerfully trotted out in several media reports in this country.
Fahim is in fact a "goodwill ambassador" to IIMSAM, a campaign to solve the world's food crisis by feeding algae to the malnourished, and which six years ago was accorded observer status at the United Nations economic and social council.
IIMSAM's director-general is "His Excellency" Remigio MartÃn Maradona, who, according to its website, previously represented Vanuatu at the UN. But there have been suspicions at the UN that Maradona's IIMSAM has been seeking to take advantage of its status. One UN source said its legal department has been looking into how he and IIMSAM have used the UN name and logo to see if there had been any wrongdoing. If it finds there has, it will present the case to member states to determine what action to take.
IIMSAM's Manish Upraty confirmed it has been in dialogue with the UN's legal department. "But we have received no complaints from the UN; it goes back and forth and at the moment it's fine," he said. Still, with Fahim having such close links to one so esteemed it is easy to see how so many media reports could have mistaken the new Pompey chairman for a UN ambassador.
Guardian 31 July
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Matt Scott, no wonder is a journalist par excellence who writes for Guardian- a newspaper that is read by those who think they ought to run the country. And there are many aspirants in the race now which is lead by the Tories and followed shortly by the British Nationalist Party among others.
ReplyDeleteMatt Scott does indeed deserve a Pulitzer Prize for his extraordinary journalstic skills especially concocting allegations that bear no resemblance to the facts. Not to mention, writing stories and so-called scoops that have a little or no bearing altogether with the reality.
Matt Scott can be contacted on matt.scott@guardian.co.uk and a second opinion should be asked of him now by anyone whether he still stands by his spin-doctoring.
No wonder distances do matter. Why shall people like Matt Scott care about the cries, tears and agony of the children that die because of malnutrition in the developing countries, and the lives of whom IIMSAM is trying to save....Britain after all is an egalitarian society that provides social seurity to its citizens including Matt Scott..........and reading the report one does think that each man indeed is an island unto oneself far devoid from the misery of the fellow human being.
Who cares for the other in the fast paced 21st century life but fools, and the wise and learned ones just eat, drink and be merry obviously contorting facts to suit their own ends and ulterior motives.
Ahhh Ibn - you real last name wouldn't be 'Al Fahim' would it?
ReplyDeleteWell said Ibn.
ReplyDeleteGeorge is one of the greedy, always thinking of himself first.
Ah well guess he could always go back to his bankers.