UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown said on Monday that keeping the Guantanamo Bay prison operating will do no favors to the United States.

Keeping the prison going will be no good for the American reputation, Brown told reporters in Putrajaya, the administrative center of the Malaysian government, where he is attending the inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development.

Sharing the view with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Brown said that the prison should be closed down.

He said the U.S. moral standing would be enhanced if it closed down the prison.

The inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development opened in Putrajaya on Monday. The two-day event is a new initiative by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to promote effective use of ICT for development.

Source: Xinhua