UAE
Human Rights Circus Has
Robinson Citing UN Bachelet
All Is Well With Imprisoned
Princess
By Matthew
Russell Lee, CJR Letter
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UNITED NATIONS
GATE, December 27 – The
UN of Antonio
Guterres is in
deep with the
United Arab
Emirates, just
as Guterres is
with Saudi
Arabia whose
Crown Prince
MBS Guterres'
youth envoy
still has a
Memorandum of
Understanding
with. Today's
story is about
UAE princess
Sheikha Latifa
bint Mohammed
al-Maktoum, a
daughter of
Dubai’s ruler,
Sheikh
Mohammed bin
Rashid
al-Maktoum.
She recorded a
YouTube video
(here)
about her
escape, then
was grabbed up
in March in
India. Now
long time UN
insider Mary
Robinson,
citing
Guterres'
absentee Human
Rights
Commissioner
who has
acquiesced in
Guterres'
censorship of
Press, has
taken to
propagandizing
for the UAE
ruling family.
After a
control visit,
Elder Robinson
says it's all
good. This is
a cover up,
for the rich,
the new trend
under
Guterres.
We'll have
more on this -
and this: the
corruption in
the UN system
under Guterres
ranges from
impunity for
sexual abuse
and harassment
to lack of
financial
disclosures
and audits to
outright
double-dipping
of benefits,
whistleblower
UN staff have
repeatedly
complained to
Inner City
Press. Now,
two months
later, one of
the double
dipper has
been rewarded
with a
promotion to
UN Resident
Coordinator in
the United
Arab Emirates,
see Achim
Steiner's
announcement
below. This
while UNDP's
Sri Lanka "Our
Team" page,
amid the coup
there, is only
Latin nonsense
filler. The UN
is in decay.
Since Guterres
had Inner City
Press roughed
up on and
banned since
July 3, it
cannot ask
about this at
the UN noon
briefing as it
has in the
past, back to
the time of
Kofi Annan.
But it has
asked
Guterres'
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric, who
Guterres'
Communicator
Alison Smale
has told UN
Special
Rapporteur
David Kaye
would answer -
but didn't:
"August 27-3:
Please state
the
Secretariat's
and DSG /
Development
System's
knowledge of
dual citizen
staff getting
US Tax
reimbursement
and also Home
Leave and
Education
grant
entitlements
using their
national/original
passport - and
what is being
done about
it." No answer
at all, 23
hours after
the briefing
in which
Dujarric
claimed the
ban is for
being in a
parking lot
making some
diplomats and
UN officials
uncomfortable.
(Isn't that a
journalist's
job?) On
August 28,
Dujarric wrote
to Inner City
Press
regarding the
question, "I
WILL HAVE A
COMMENT LATER
ON THIS
ISSUE." But
now two days
later,
nothing.
Instead, from
within UNDP,
an all-staff
email
referencing
Inner City
Press' story,
leaked to
Inner City
Press: "From:
UNDP Bulletin
Sent:
Wednesday,
August 29,
2018 5:06:13
PM (UTC-05:00)
Eastern Time
(US &
Canada)
To: All Staff
UNDP Global
Subject:
Update on
Staff Benefits
Dear
Colleagues,
You may have
seen a press
article
published this
week which
alleges that a
number of UNDP
staff are
improperly
receiving
benefits
related to
their
expatriate
status as
internationally
recruited
staff.
Given our duty
of care to
staff and to
the
organization,
I would like
to take this
opportunity to
inform you
regarding the
situation.
Firstly, it is
important to
recognize that
UNDP is a
rules-based
organization.
For the
benefit of its
stakeholders,
its staff, and
the people it
serves, UNDP
recognizes it
is of the
utmost
importance
that
administrative
rules are
applied
consistently
and fairly. In
recognition of
that
principle, and
as standard
procedure,
UNDP regularly
screens for
compliance
with
administrative
rules.
Secondly, as
part of that
screening,
UNDP had
already
commissioned
an independent
review by the
UN
Secretariat’s
Office of
Human
Resources
Management to
ensure the
fair and
consistent
application of
rules related
to eligibility
for UNDP
headquarters
staff who are
internationally
recruited and
receive
related
entitlements
and benefits.
Thirdly, I
would like to
emphasize that
there is no
evidence nor
any suggestion
that any
member of UNDP
staff has
acted
inappropriately
or
dishonestly.
OHR, on behalf
of UNDP, will
continue to
ensure that
rules and
procedures are
applied
properly and
correctly, in
this, as in
all other
cases.
With my best
regards,
Michele
Candotti
Chief of Staff
& Director
of the
Executive
Office."
But as
whistleblowers
point out, "Of
course they
have to say
that because
so many high
level staff
are also
taking home
leave benefits
they don't
have right to.
Many of us
hope you won't
let this story
go. You must
press Steiner
and the high
level ppl
listed in that
chart you
posted to
respond to
your questions
and ask the
top man at HR
David
Bearfield to
explain how
these ppl take
home leave
when Staff
Rule 4.5 (d)
says they
can't. This is
wrong." So is
Guterres'
outrageous
targeting,
roughing up
and banning of
Inner City
Press to try
to cover up
his UN's
corruption.
And so is this
announcement
by Achim
Steiner, with
a double
dipper
promoted:
"Dear
Colleagues, It
is my pleasure
to announce
the following
UN Resident
Coordinator,
UNDP Resident
Representative
appointments:
Ms. Marina
Walter has
been appointed
as UN Resident
Coordinator
and UNDP
Resident
Representative
for the
Republic of
Trinidad and
Tobago.
Ms. Dena Assaf
has been
appointed as
UN Resident
Coordinator
for the United
Arab Emirates.
Ms. Louisa
Vinton has
been appointed
as UN Resident
Coordinator
and UNDP
Resident
Representative
for Georgia.
Ms. Nathalie
Ndongo-Seh
(Cameroon) has
been appointed
as UN Resident
Coordinator
and UNDP
Resident
Representative
for the
Kingdom of
eSwatini.
Please join me
in
congratulating
Marina, Dena,
Louisa and
Nathalie to
their new
assignments.
Kind regards,
Achim Steiner"
Since Dena
Assaf was one
of the 14
double
dippers, Inner
City Press on
October 30
asked not only
Guterres' two
spokesmen but
also his
Deputy Amina
J. Mohammed:
"please
immediately
explain the
outcome of the
inquiry into
“double
dipping” at
UNDP Inner
City Press
previously
asked you
about and you
said you would
have an answer
about, and
explain how
one of the 14
double dippers
named by
whistleblowers
has just been
named the UN
resident
coordinator in
the UAE."
Despite
promises by
Guterres'
Global
Communicator
Alison Smale,
including to
UNSR David
Kaye, that
questions
would be
answered, this
one has not
been. But now
this, from
inside UNDP
"From: Achim
Steiner
Sent:
Thursday,
November 1,
2018 4:57 PM
To:
Subject:
Arrangements
for RC/RRs
Dear
Colleagues,
Further to the
announcement
of newly
appointed UN
Resident
Coordinators
and UNDP
Resident
Representatives,
please note
that as of 1
January 2019,
following the
de-linking of
the functions
of the UN
Resident
Coordinator
and those of
the UNDP
Resident
Representative
as mandated by
General
Assembly
resolution
72/279, Ms.
Marina Walter
and Ms.
Nathalie
Ndongo-Seh
will continue
serving as UN
Resident
Coordinators,
whereas Ms.
Louisa Vinton
will continue
to serve as
UNDP Resident
Representative.
Kind regards."
And Dena
Assaf? The UN,
despite the
murky
corruption
into which
Guterres is
taking it,
must explain.
And
here they are,
UNanswered by
Guterres'
spokesman
Dujarric who
instead blocks
Inner City
Press after
having roughed
up, so with
names
unredacted as
no responses
at all to
questions
asked in three
days ago to
Guterres'
Team,
including on
WOGC,
connected to
imprisoned UN
briber Ng Lap
Seng's Carlos
Garcia,
dealing in
Kiribati with
the UN,
separate
exclusive here,
now this:
"Dear Matthew,
While UNDP and
all UN
agencies are
suffering from
the budget
problem, some
dishonest UNDP
staff are
taking two
entitlements
using their
two passports
interchangeably
against the
UNDP benefits
entitlement
rules.
As a US
Citizen, they
get US Tax
reimbursement;
they also get
Home Leave and
Education
grant
entitlements
using their
national/original
passport.
It is sad to
see UNDP’s
senior staff
participated
in this fraud,
as you can see
from below
Atlas record
these staffs
grade is from
P4 – D2.
Predominantly,
Ana Patricia
ALVAREZ,
and
Shazma
Nathwani,
the HR
Advisors also
participated
in this
scam.
Some of the
staff got more
than $100,000
with this
ongoing
problem, e.g.
Shazma
Nathwani,
$168,000. HR
Staff have
identified
this issue
early this
year and
reported to
the HR
Director and
BMS Director
but no action
taken.
All UNDP staff
in HQ knows
this problem
but had no
other choice
fear of
retaliation,
because of
these people
close
relationship
with UNDP
senior
management
including
their
network.
We need your
help...
ATLAS Record -
List of Staffs
with
inappropriate
multiple
benefits
No
Name
Title
Current
Location
Level
Country-Place
of Home
Leave
Nationality
Types
Douale
payments made
1
ALVAREZ,
Ana Patricia
HR Business
Partner
Central
Bureaus,
HQ/BMS/OHR
UNDP - New
York
P-5
Honduras
Honduras-
official
Home Leave and
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
2
ASSAF,
Dena
Deputy
Director,
HQ/UNDOCO
UNDP - New
York
D-2
Palestine
Palestine -
official
Home Leave
USA - Tax
3
BRANT
Heather
Chief of
Section,
HQ/Evaluation
Office
UNDP - New
York
P-5
Switzerland
Switzerland -
official
Home Leave and
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
4
ALAIN
Noudehou
Chief of Staff
&
Director,
Executive
Office, CO/SS
South Sudan
D-2
Benin
Benin -
official
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
5
ORUC
Yesim
Deputy
Director,
HQ/BERA/LO/Washington
Washington
P-5
Tureky
Turkey -
official
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
6
REIMOV,
Ajmiyaz
Programme
Analyst
(Research),
HQ/BPPS
UNDP - New
York
P-2
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan -
official
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
7
RUSSELL,
Andrew
UN Development
Coordinator,
HQ/BMS/OHR
UNDP - New
York
D-1
Canada
Canada -
official
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
8
SERENYI
Peter
Policy
Specialist,
HQ/UNDOCO
UNDP - New
York
P-4
Hungary
Hungary -
official
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
9
SHAMASH-LADD
Hamutal Esther
Legal
Specialist
UNDP - New
York
P-4
Israel
Israel -
official
Home Leave
USA - Tax
10
UNGUREANU
Carla
Human
Resources
Analyst,
HQ/BMS/OHR
UNDP - New
York
P-2
Peru
Peru -
official
Home Leave
USA - Tax
11
JUHKAM
Robert
Team Leader,
HQ/BERA
UNDP - New
York
P-5
Estonia
Estonia -
official
Home Leave and
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
12
KINSLEY
Sharon
Deputy Chief
of Staff &
Deputy
Director
UNDP - New
York
D-1
UK
UK - official
Home Leave and
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
13
LINOU
Natalia
Policy
Specialist,
HQ/BPPS
UNDP - New
York
P-4
Greece
Greece -
official
Home Leave and
Education
Grant
USA - Tax
14
NATHWANI
Shazma
Human
Resources
Specialist,
HQ/BMS/OHR
UNDP - New
York
P-4
Australia
Australia -
Official
Home Leave
USA - Tax
A
Regards,
UNDP Staffers
We'll have
more on this.
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