Inner
City Press
immediately
asked DPKO and
Ban Ki-moon's
three top
spokespeople,
and asked at
the noon
briefing until
cut off
by Ban's
spokesman
Martin Nesirky,
He
said DPKO
would answer
“quite
shortly,” video
here from
Minute 11:25.
But now a
responsive
statement has
been given at
least to
Reuters,
increasingly
Herve Ladsous'
DPKO's go-to
scribes or
lapdogs,
but NOT to
Inner City
Press. An
objection has
been filed.
At
10:14 am on
April 16 Inner
City Press
e-mailed three
questions to
DPKO
spokespeople
Kieran Dwyer
and
Andre-Michel
Essoungou,
copying
Ban Ki-moon's
top three
spokespeople
Martin
Nesirky,
Eduardo Del
Buey
and Farhan
Haq. On
Minova:
At
a briefing by
Zainab Bangura
just now, when
I asked her
about the
Minova rapes
she said,
among other
things,
1)
that DPKO has
suspended
support to the
two unit. She
then told me
to
ask DPKO, so I
am. Please
confirm or
deny.
2)
that the
general of one
unit told her
they have
identified 33
suspected
rapists.
Please state
if that is
DPKO's
understanding,
and
if so why the
suspension of
12 (and arrest
of 3) is
considered
sufficient by
DPKO.
3)
that one of
the two units
was trained by
the United
States. Is
that
DPKO's
understanding?
Please confirm
or deny.
Dwyer
confirmed
receipt, “I
will need to
communicate
with the
mission on
the matters
related to
MONUSCO, and
other
colleagues on
the other
matters. I
will get back
to you. You
will
understand
that this will
take a little
time. It's not
clear to me
what you mean
by "on
deadline"
given the
nature of your
website
publishing,
but I
will get back
to you as soon
as I can.”
Inner
City Press
explained to
all
addressees,
“Last
Thursday,
April 11 I
asked at the
noon briefing
about the
Minova rapes,
and you were
quoted giving
the answer to
the question
to Reuters
(but not Inner
City Press)
later that
same day,
which was then
later given at
the
Friday, April
12 noon
briefing.
Inner City
Press
complained
about
that on April
12; the Free
UN Coalition
for Access is
formally
objecting. On
this, note
that Inner
City Press has
asked you
these
questions at
10:14 am,
April 16.”
Because
the
UN should have
been able to
immediately
answer Inner
City Press'
question about
having
suspended or
not having
suspended
support,
Inner City
Press went to
the day's UN
noon briefing
and began
asking.
Nesirky
cut
the question
off, saying
that DPKO
would be
answering
“quite
shortly.”
Then,
without any
response to
Inner City
Press from
DPKO or Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesperson's
office,
Reuters via
its scribe who
has done this
(and
more) before
reported:
“The
United Nations
said in a
statement on
Tuesday it
was still
supporting
the two
battalions 'in
view of a
number of
recent and
appropriate
actions being
taken by the
authorities.'”
The
most recent
press release
on MONUSCO's
web site is
from March
24.
Inner
City Press
immediately
wrote to
Dwyer,
Essoungou,
Nesirky, Del
Buey
and Haq:
I
put in Inner
City Press'
questions at
10:14 am, and
was asking at
the
noon briefing
before being
cut off and
told that DPKO
would be
giving
me answers
"quite
shortly." ...
Now I have
just read in
Reuters: "The
United Nations
said in a
statement on
Tuesday it
was still
supporting the
two battalions
'in view of a
number of
recent and
appropriate
actions being
taken by the
authorities.'"
This
is
a formal
request --
where IS that
statement?
When and to
whom was
it given? Why
was it not
given to Inner
City Press?
How is this,
along with USG Ladsous and spokesman microphone
grab of
December 18,
2012 and
refusing to
take
questions, in
any way
acceptable?
Of
Michelle
Nichols, Inner
City Press has
shown,
including to Reuters
big wigs
Stephen J.
Adler,
Greg McCune,
Paul Ingrassia and
Walden Siew
and even the
company
“social media
editor,” the filing
of a
manifestly
false
complaint with
UN Security
(in it
claiming that
when DPKO
spoon-feeds
information to
Reuters,
including
answers to the
questions
Inner City
Press has
asked, it is a
“Reuters
scoop”).
There's
more, but the
focus is on
DPKO's -- and
now Ban's
Spokesperson's
office -- new
low. Watch
this site.
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