UNITED NATIONS
GATE, July 22
– Inner City Press
on July 5 was banned
from entering the
UN, the day after it
filed a criminal
complaint against UN
Security for
physically removing
it from covering the
meeting about the UN
Secretary General
Antonio Guterres'
$6.7 billion
peacekeeping budget,
as witnessed and
essentially cheered
on by senior UN
official Christian
Saunders, tearing
its reporter's
shirt, painfully and
intentionally
twisting his arm and
slamming shut and
damaging his laptop.
On August 17,
Guterres' Global
Communicator Alison
Smale issued a
letter banning Inner
City Press from the
UN - for life. With
no due process. She
and Guterres have
put the UN in the US
Press Freedom
Tracker, here.
Smale said,
again, that the UN
would answer Press
questions to the
Spokesman Stephane
Dujarric and his
Office;
Dujarric said
the same on
camera.
On July 22 three
hours before the
UN noon
briefing by Deputy Farhan
Haq which
ended by 12:14 pm
-- Dujarric is
away on
vacation for
the whole
month of July
--
Inner
City Press submitted 1051
questions,
including why
it continues
to be
lawlessly banned
from entering
to ask
questions in
person:
"There
are more than
700+
questions
UNanswered.
And Monday
Sept 17,
Tuesday Sept
18, Wed Sept
19 and
Thurs and Fri
Sept 21, that
whole week, no
questions
answered. Nor
Sept 25, nor
28th - nor
October 2 nor
3. While
appreciating
and using what
was belatedly
sent on
May 20
about sexual
exploitation
allegations
and on March
28 in partial
request to
Inner City
Press'
questions
about the UN
bribery
sentence of
Patrick Ho of
CEFC and
CEFC's 2018
attempt to buy
the oil
company of
Gulbenkian
Foundation
which paid the
SG, no answers
on Dec 17 or
18 or 19 or 20
or 21 -
another FIVE
days in a row,
even as SG's
direct
conflicts of
interest and
failure to
disclose
emerge, and a
newest low. No
answers on
January 30 nor
31 nor
February 1 nor
4 nor 5 nor 6
nor 7 nor 11
nor 12 nor 13
nor 14 nor 15
nor 18 nor 19
nor 20 nor 21
nor 22 nor 25
nor 26 nor 27
nor March 1 -
27 (!) And now April 1, 3-30 (one
answer
in the
entire month -
corrupt), and
now May
1-13, 15-17,
21-31,
June
3-28,
and July 1-2,
8-19
many
questions.
No answers at
all during
those four
days of the US
v Ho trial
showing
corruption in
the UN says it
all. This ban
is just
censorship -
and Inner City
Press must be
allowed back
into the noon
briefing to
ask its
questions in
person and
follow up on
them.
July
22-1: On UN
corruption and
cover ups,
what is the
SG's belated
comment and
action if any
on the fact
underlying
Inner City
Press' July 21
exclusive
regarding
Somalia and
Somaliland,
including a
cover up under
the fig leaf
of "respect
the
hierarchy,"
and inaction
by UN
headquarters:
"Dear Matthew,
I have
gathered
documents
detailing
corruption,
theft, abuse
of power and
abuse of
office by UN
officers Anka
Kitunzi (P5),
Dmitry
Pozihdaev (P5)
and Paul
Simkin
(P5).
I have written
to the UNCDF
officers in
New York, who
then said they
had triggered
an
investigation
by the UN OAI.
Due to the
lethargic
approach by
the UN, I
wrote to the
Donors of the
programme, the
Swedish SIDA
and especially
UK DfiD.
Unfortunately,
the donors
claim they are
awaiting the
investigations
by the UN.
This
investigation
is nothing but
a cover
up. The
gross abuse by
UNCDF officers
based in
Somaliland,
where an
individual
withdrew funds
from UN
sponsored
accounts for
personal
use?
July
22-2: In light
of the SDNY
indictment,
detention and
remand of
Jeffrey
Epstein,
please
immediately
disclose all
UN
interactions
with his
Ghislaine
Maxwell's
TerraMar
Project and
relatedly,
with Paolo
Zampolli.
July
22-3: On
Cameroon,
after the SG
took Biya's
golden statue
and UN Budget
Committee
favors, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
from him and
separately DSG
Amina J.
Mohammed on
the protests
today by those
Ambazonians
illegally
detained in
Kondengui
Central
Prison?
July
22-4: On UN
and UNRWA
corruption
including in
recruitment
and promotion,
what is the
SG's comment
and action if
any on the
facts
underlying
Inner City
Press' July 22
exclusive on
UNRWA
including
this: "Dear
Matthew
Lee, I
would like to
write you
about the
potential
irregularities
and corruption
during the
UNRWA
recruitment
numbered
17-FO-LB-17,
Vacancy called
the Deputy
Director of
UNRWA Affairs
(Organizational
Support),
P-5.
This Vacancy
advertised
during the
month of April
2017, and the
part of
Vacancy
announcement
included a
rigorous
definition of
the
qualification
requirements.
This included
an Advanced
university
degree at
master’s level
in the
following
defined fields
[Business or
Public
Administration,
International
Relations,
Law, Finance,
or Human
Resources
Management or
related
areas].
Later on,
during the
summer 2017,
the
recruitment
completed and
selected
incumbent
appointed.
I would like
to attract
your attention
to the fact
that selected
candidate did
not fulfill
the required
qualification
requirements,
specifically
the master’s
degree in one
of the
Agency’s
organizational
support broad
academic
fields. Vice
versa, Mrs.
Daniela
Leinen, the
incumbent
selected for
the post,
holds a Master
degree in the
Literature and
she is
qualified as
the Teacher of
the German and
English at the
elementary
school
level
according to
the
information
made publicly
available by
her. This
seems as
complete
mismatch of
required
qualification.
July
22-5: On
Western Sahara
and Morocco,
*will* the SG
conduct as
requested an
independent
international
investigation
in order to
reveal the
circumstances
of the heinous
crime that
claimed the
life of young
Sahrawi Sabah
Othman Hameida
and dozens of
unarmed
Sahrawi
victims, for
celebrating
peacefully the
victory of the
Algerian team
in the final
of the Africa
Cup of
Nations?
July
22-6: On Hong
Kong and
China, what is
the SG's
belated
comment and
action if any
on the
authorities'
use of tear
gas and more
on protesters
over the
weekend?
July
22-7: On press
freedom and
Hong Kong (and
China), what
is the SG's
comment and
action if any
on the attack
on journalists
at a railway
station that
left at least
four reporters
injured? Local
journalists
groups on
Monday issued
statements
denouncing the
mob of men in
white T-shirts
who attacked
black-clad
protesters and
passengers
with rods and
canes at Yuen
Long MTR
station late
on Sunday
night. At
least 45
people were
injured,
according to
the Hospital
Authority...
Now that the
US Court of
Appeals for
the Second
Circuit has
ruled against
public
officials
blocking
critics on
Twitter even
if the
official
claims their
account is
private, what
is the
justification
for UNSG
Spokesperson
Stephane
Dujarric, with
the UN flag in
his profile
photo and
Guterres
promoting
content,
blocking Inner
City Press?
What is SG
Guterres'
response /
reaction to UN
DSS and
Guterres'
actions on
Inner City
Press being listed
in the U.S.
Press Freedom
Tracker.
In the UN,
what has the
accountability
been for Lt
Ronald E.
Dobbins and
those those
refused on
camera to give
their names?
What is each
of yours -
particularly
the SG's -
response to
the letter
written and
sent by
Burundi
activist
Manisha
Lievin? To the
April 15
letter to the
SG, DSG and
USG Smale for
which receipt
has not even
been
acknowledged,
other than a
single lawless
line from
MALU: "Your
media
accreditation
request, with
reference no:
M66561081, has
been
declined"?
This is a
formal request
for the UN's
explanation of
grounds for
this denied,
and since
SGcentral, the
SG's chief of
staff and
Deputy SG and
USG Smale
haven't even
confirmed
receipt of the
April 15
letter much
less
responded, for
reconsideration.
AGAIN,
immediately
explain how it
is legitimate
to ban from
enter into the
UN the media
that has been
asking about
these and
other
questions,
with no
hearing or
appeal.
June
14-5: Since
the SG claimed
publicly that
the mansion he
lives in
"cannot" be
sold, please
immediately
provide any
and all
documents with
such a
restriction,
and separately
explain why
the concept of
cy pres or
reformation of
donor intent
has not been
explored.
Separately,
Boutros
Boutros Galli
wrote in his
book that the
building was
given by
Arthur
Houghton
through the
United Nations
Association of
the USA. What
actual
inquires, with
UNA-USA or any
successor to
Houghton or
Corning Glass,
has Guterres
made?
June
11-1: On
Cameroon, what
is the SG's
comment and
action if any
on this report
from Chinese
state media:
"YAOUNDE, June
10 (Xinhua) --
Cameroon's
House Speaker
of National
Assembly
Cavaye Yeguie
Djibril on
Monday
denounced
foreign
interference
in the
country's
internal
affairs which
he referred to
as
"conspiracy."
"Cameroon has
become an
object of
conspiracy
intended to
destabilize
the country.
To justify
their
interference
in internal
affairs, the
conspirators
pretend to
denounce it."
Again, how
many offices /
desk does the
Secretariat
give to
Chinese state
media inside
the UN?
May
15-3: On the
Public
Financial
Disclosures
for 2017
belatedly
published over
the weekend of
April 27-28,
please state
why Mohammed
Ibn Chambas,
like the
Executive
Secretary of
the UN
Biodiversity
Convention,
Cristiana
Paşca-Palmer,
UNICEF's
Henriette
Fore, with
documented
links to
ExxonMobil and
others, USG
Mark Lowcock
(undisclosed
while the
Secretariat's
speaker at the
UNSC Arria on
Cameroon),
UNCTAD's
Mukhisa
Kituyi, UN
Women's
Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka,
UNOG chief
Michael
Moller, UNDP
chief Achim
Steiner,
Heidi Mendoza,
Adama Dieng,
UN Security
chief Peter
Drennan,
Rosemary
DiCarlo and
Nicholas
Haysum, is not
even on the
list. OIOS
chief
Inga-Britt
Ahlenius
reported - why
not Mendoza?
Where IS
Mendoza? Isn't
it a bad
practice for
the UN's head
(anti)
genocide
definition
official to
conceal from
the public
even cursory
financial
disclosure?
Did DiCarlo
decline to
make any
public
disclosure
despite being
the UN's top
political
officer? What
is the even
plausible
applicability
of this line
from SG
Guterres' web
page: "Please
note that
given the
multi-cultural
environment of
the UN and the
often security
sensitive
locations
where UN staff
are either
working or
come from,
full public
disclosure may
not always be
a viable or
sensible
option for
certain staff
members"? Why
has Guterres
changed the
previous
system in a
which a
"choosing not
to disclose"
statement was
upload and
listed, to one
which helps
conceal who
reports and
who does
not?
Again, state
why
considering
the UN bribery
conviction of
Patrick Ho of
CEFC, and
CEFC's attempt
to purchase
the oil
company of
Gulbenkian
Foundation
which paid Mr.
Guterres in
2016 was
omitted from
his online
public
financial
disclosure
covering 2016,
and why
Guterres has
not even
started an
audit of CEFC
in the
UN.
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