| UNDT Case on Collusion with
Ethiopia Tweeted By Inner City Press, Now 2d
Case Covered Up
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Appeal SG
Response
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UN GATE, August
26 – How corrupt and
unaccountable is today's
United Nations?
Well, in
November 2020 Inner City Press
went to attend and report on a
UN Dispute Tribunal proceeding
about a case of sexual
harassment in the UN, a
proceeding which was announced
as open to the public, as US
court cases are.
But when
Inner City Press signed in and
gave its name, it was
excluded. Later, when it
obtained and published
evidence presented in the
case, a UN Dispute Tribunal
judge ordered it to destroy
the evidence or be banned from
all future proceedings.
This while
UN Secretary General Antonio
Guterres falsely claims to
have zero tolerance for sexual
harassment and abuse, while
himself banning Inner City
Press from UN briefings now
for 1249 days.
On August
24, Inner City Press - without
any recording of which it was
baselessly accused after UN
sex abuse evidence was leaked
to it by UN staff disgusted
with Guterres' cover ups -
live tweeted another UNDT
proceeding from Nairobi, about
collusion with the Ethiopian
government, here
and below.
Now on August 26,
a supposedly "public" case is
being held - but the access
link is dead, not only to
Inner City Press but to the
public at large. This is the
UN of Guterres, whose
spokespeople have not answer
Inner City Press' questions
about the August 24
proceeding, or this, the
August 26-27 covered-up case:
"UNDT/NBI/2020/022
(Mancinelli) The Applicant
contests the Administration’s
finding of misconduct and
imposition of a disciplinary
sanction against her." Watch
this site.
From August 24:
now a case in UN kangaroo
court in Nairobi. UNDP Country
Director Samuel Bwalya is
charged with conspiring with
minister of Ethiopia
goverment.
Bwalya's "lawyer"
Edwin had his cross
examination cut off by UNDP
representative Esther Shamash.
Then he was cut off
altogether.
Bwalya's
"lawyer" is back. UN "judge"
Rachel Sikwese immediately
rules to exclude evidence, and
questioning, in this case
about UN colluding with
Ethiopia government /
Minister. Now on next
question, UNDP's Shamash
objects. And the document is
out.
The witness, who
is being protected by UNDP's
rep and it seems the judge,
seems to be named Helina
Tadisse. But that camera is
not on. Unclear how any finder
of fact would make a judgment
about credibility.
Balwya's
lawyer: So the Minister was
very happy with the UN's work?
Witness: He was satisfied,
yes. Balwya's lawyer: In
processing the procurement
contract- Witness: I don't
recall. I don't remember.
Balwya's lawyer: You don't
remember. UNDP: Asked and
answered!
Balwya's
lawyer: If we can go into the
report, I will conclude.
Judge: We are waiting. UNDP
"counsel" - These matters are
not before the tribunal.
[Inner City Press: Like UN
claims its giving of Uighur
names to China is not in case
of Emma Reilly
Bwalya's
lawyer: Did you provide that
to the ATA? Witness: I may
have, I don't remember.
Bwalya's lawyer: That doesn't
help me much. UNDP's "counsel"
- I'm being blindsided.
[Reference to a bundle that is
apparently not public.]
Now Judge lets
UNDP "lawyer," who reps
UNSG @AntonioGuterres ,
run the table. Guterres has
had Inner City Press banned
from UN briefing for 1249 days
- and
@UN_Spokesperson doesn't
answer it questions, or Quinn
Emanuel letter, video here.
On evidenc
destruction-gate, banned Inner
City Press' timely appeal has
been "deferred" from Guterres'
kangaroo Appeals Tribunal,
until October 2022 at least,
while his Melissa Fleming
refuses to answer even a major
US law firm - this is
impunity, see below.
Now this
UN report complains, "15. During the
reporting period, the holding
of public hearings remotely
raised its own set of
difficulties. The registries
experienced difficulties in
controlling the access to the
virtual public gallery, which
is not problematic in the
physical courtroom. It is also
more difficult to control
whether the public abide by
the Tribunal’s instructions,
in particular the prohibition
of recording the hearing." No,
UN staff disgusted with
Guterres' cover ups leak.
The deferral:
"The June 2021 Synopsis file
of UNAT judgments was published.
They heard only 32 appeals,
and the last appeal number
heard in the session was 1468.
So Inner City Press'
appeal number 1502 won't be
considered at a minimum until
the late October 2021
session. The
current estimated time from
submitting an appeal to being
considered is almost one
year. Speedy
justice? The Guterres
Administration knows and
exploits this. A typical
UNDT case takes at least 18
months and then the appeals
process takes at least a
year. Hence why
the Administration appeal
every successful UNDT
judgement by a staff member,
it costs them nothing, while
it costs the staff member
plenty, as well as delaying
any justice they may end up
getting, which is usually
little. Guterres' UN is
corrupt - and cannot be
allowed to continue banning
the Press which reported on
it.
In the
case Inner City Press was
ordered to destroy evidence of
who-done-it, even the UNDT has
found Padula guilty - but has
insisted that he be
anonymized, that is, covered
up for. The shameful order is
here,
and recites for example that
the person - Padula - covered
up for
.“grabbed [AA’s]
face, held her closely, leaned
forward and attempted to kiss
her”; b. “when [AA] resisted
[the Applicant] kissing her,
[he] forced [AA’s] head down
and kissed her on the
forehead”; c. “grabbed
[BB’s] face, held her closely,
leaned forward and attempted
to kiss her”; d. “tried to
move physically close to [AA]
and [BB] while dancing,
despite their attempts to keep
[him] at a distance”; e.
“attempted to grab [CC’s]
face; when she blocked her
face with her hands, [the
Applicant] grabbed her hands
and tried to pull them apart;
when she resisted, [he] fell
on her forcefully”; and f.
“took and pulled [CC’s] hands
to try to get her to dance,
despite her resistance”.
But in
Guterres' UN they do not want
the public to know who did
this - and the Press which
exclusively published and name
and evidence is banned and its
written questions not
answered. On the morning of
February 4, 12 hours before
publishing this when no answer
was received from Guterres,
Dujarric, Fleming, Amina J.
Mohammed et al., Inner City
Press in writing asked this:
"what are SG Guterres comments
and more importantly action on
the UN Dispute Tribunal on Feb
3 confirming sexual charges
against Padula - while having
told Inner City Press to
destroy all evidence or remain
bannned, and maintaining
Padula's name sealed,
confirming the cover-up
culture under Guterres?"
The UN
claims it has to protect the
identity of Padula (and will
NOT report him to NYPD for any
criminal offense) because they
have to protect the identity
of the VICTIMS - it's like
Guterres' rationale for
covering up genocide and mass
killing, for example in
Cameroon.
Inner City
Press is even banned from
submitting questions by WebEx,
on which the International
Monetary Fund for example
answers its questions, as it
did on February 4 about the
Burma coupl. The only
difference is Guterres and his
corruption.
On December 21
Inner City
Press filed a
formal appeal
with the UN
Appeals
Tribunal, full
filing here
on
DocumentCloud.
And
now in late
January
Guterres' long
time
Portuguese
lawyer Miguel
de Serpa
Soares has
responded,
that Guterers
is not waiving
immunity,
impunity
response on
Document Cloud
here.
Impunity.
On the
morning of January 26 Inner
City Press emailed Guterres
and his spokespeople this
question: "
Given that the
UNDT order
destruction of
evidence
concerning
sexual
harassment
inside the UN,
why is SG
Guterres not
waiving
immunity?" No
answer.
We will have
more, including listing more
of those complicit in the UN's
cover up of abuse. Watch this
site.
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