UNITED NATIONS
GATE, Oct 23
– Inner City Press
on 5 July
2018 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' Department
of Global Communication
issued a letter
banning Inner City
Press from the UN -
for life. With no
due process.
Guterres has
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 October
23
three
hours
before the
noon briefing by Spokesman
Stephane "French
Whine"
Dujarric's deputy
Farhan Haq
at
which he dodged
why Guterres
keeps
over-paying
himself during
a budget
crisis,
after the July 26
noon briefing
had no
questions at all,
video here,
Inner
City Press submitted 1310
questions,
including why
it continues
to be
lawlessly banned
from entering
to ask
questions in
person:
"There
are more than
800+
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 Sept 6
(while you
still withhold
if-asked
information
about Cameroon
child rape(s)
in DRC),
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,
8-31 and August
1-5,
8-30,
Sept 3-5, 9-30
and now
October 1-3,
7-14,
16-22
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.
October
23-1: On UN
sexual
exploitation
and abuse -
alleged - this
is a repeated
and now
further
specified
request
following
Inner City
Press' Oct 21
question to
each of you,
entirely
unresponded
to, that you
immediately
provide the
"if asked"
information
about the
casesof
child rape and
sexual
exploitation
by UN
"peacekeepers"
from South
Africa,
Indonesia,
Mauritania and
again
Cameroon, in
DRC and
Central
African
Republic just
cursorily data
dumped onto
the UN website
after 3 pm on
October
21--
A South
African UN
peacekeeper is
accused of
child rape in
the DR Congo
as part of
Guterres'
MONUSCO from
November 2018
through
September 2019
- that is,
multiple
rapes; A
Cameroon UN
peacekeeper is
accused of
sexual
exploitation
of a person
they were paid
by the public
to supposedly
protect in CAR
from May
through June
2019 in
Guterres'
MINUSCA;
Three
Indonesia UN
peacekeepers
are accused of
sexual abuse
of a person or
persons -- the
UN leaves it
unclear,
apparently
intentionally
-- they were
paid by the
public to
supposedly
protect in DRC
in September
2019 as part
of Guterres'
MONUSCO;
Two Mauritania
UN
peacekeepers
are accused of
sexual
exploitation
of a person or
persons -- the
UN leaves it
unclear,
apparently
intentionally
-- they were
paid by the
public to
supposedly
protect in CAR
from August
2018 through
August 2019 in
Guterres'
MINUSCA, a
full
year; A
Mauritania UN
"police"
officers is
accused of
sexual
exploitation
of a person
they were paid
by the public
to supposedly
protect in CAR
in November
2018 in
Guterres'
MINUSCA. There
is a claim of
paternity
..
Answer
how it is
possible you
have no
if-asked
information
about any of
these eight
cases, and/or
are choosing
to withholding
it in response
to questions
Dujarric and
the head of
DGC said would
be answered...
October
23-2: On
Burundi, what
is are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
and separately
of his Rep
Kafando on
reports that
Government
forces in
Burundi killed
14 members of
a rebel group
and seized 11
guns following
heavy clashes
on Tuesday in
Musigasi
district in
the
north-western
province of
Bubanza, the
security
ministry has
said.
Red-Tabara, a
rebel movement
opposed to the
government of
President
Pierre
Nkurunziza,
said it was
behind the
attack in a
statement
posted on
Twitter,
saying Burundi
was “not safe
for a pretend
regime”.
October
23-3: On
Turkey, Iran,
sanctions,
impunity and
corruption
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of the SG and
separately his
publicly paid
legal counsel
on Turkey
putting Attila
convicted of
sanctions
violations
while a
manager at
state owned
Halkbank in
charge of the
Istanbul
Bourse? On
Halkbank
dodging legal
process of
SDNY court by
saying it has
no lawyer in
the US?
October
23-4: On
Honduras on
which you have
refused to
answer or
respond to
Inner City
Press'
questions on
the US v Tony
Hernandez
trial and
guilty verdict
and has asked
you why SG
Guterres did
not even bring
up corruption
and drug
trafficking
when he met
president Juan
Orlando
Hernandez, 1)
what are
Guterres'
belated
comments and
actions if any
on the
protests
"calling for
the departure
of the
president of
Honduras, Juan
Orlando
Hernández, who
they accuse of
being a
ringleader of
drug
trafficking
networks,
after a US
court found
his brother,
Juan Antonio
"Tony"
Hernández
guilty of drug
trafficking;
2) please
immediately
describe
activities of
the UN system
and resident
coordinator /
representative
on JOH's
current terms
-
specifically,
provide the
report
produced by
Marcie Mersky,
Ana Catalina
Soberanis,
Mirna Cuenta
and Javier
Cabreja about
which Inner
City Press
asked at the 8
Feb 2018 noon
briefing
before it was
roughed up and
banned from
the UN, 477
days now
October
24-5: On
Azerbaijan and
freedom of
expression and
association,
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of the SG on
that
Azerbaijan
police
violently
dispersed two
peaceful
protests in
central Baku
on October 19
and 20, 2019.
Police rounded
up dozens of
peaceful
opposition and
civic
activists,
beating and
roughing them
up while
forcing them
onto buses and
into police
cars...
October
21-2: Since
you have not
answered, and
SG Guterres
refused a
question on
October 19,
please
immediately
state with
whom Guterres
was exiting
the publicly
funded mansion
on October 19,
to where, at
what public
cost?
October
21-3: On
Cameroon, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
on that a
military raid
has taken
place in Bombe
Bakundu in the
South West
region of the
country with
several
civilians said
to be hurt?
Soldiers
during the
raid on the
village are
said to have
opened fire on
young boys
taking them by
surprise.
Locals say
about 7 were
killed during
the incident.
September
4-8:
Immediately
explain the
single lawless
line from MALU
on 30 August
2019:
"Greetings
Matthew Lee
from Inner
City Press,
Your media
accreditation
request, with
reference no:
M5413398, has
been declined
for the
following
reason: Media
accreditation
was withdrawn
on 17 August
2018." This is
a formal
request for
the UN's
explanation of
grounds for
this denial.
And a demand
for answer to
these
questions,
which MALU has
declined to
answer:
Who made the
decision?
Where is the
list of those
accredited by
[MALU]?
What and to
whom is the
process of
appeal?
September
3-19: On press
freedom and
Cameroon, on
which you
refused to
answer on
August 13
despite saying
the office was
staffed and
answering, now
more specific:
what is the
SG's comment
and action if
any, post
golden statue,
to that Paul
Atanga Nji,
territorial
administration
minister, says
Cameroon's
journalists
are becoming
highly
unpatriotic.
"They have one
main
objective,
just to
sabotage
government
action, to
promote
secessionist
tendencies,"
said Nji. "I
urge them to
be
responsible.
Those who do
not want to
respect the
laws will be
booked as
being
recalcitrant
and will be
treated as
such"... 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, here.
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?
Immediately
explain the
single lawless
line from MALU
on 30 August
2019:
"Greetings
Matthew Lee
from Inner
City Press,
Your media
accreditation
request, with
reference no:
M5413398, has
been declined
for the
following
reason: Media
accreditation
was withdrawn
on 17 August
2018." 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 Fleming
have not even
responded...
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 - and
respond that
Inner City
Press on
August 24
applied like
100s or 1000s
of others to
cover the
upcoming UNGA
high level
week,
including now
formally
offering to
answer any
quesions the
UN / DSS might
have, having
been vetted
and accredited
elsewhere
since, as both
USG DSS
Michaud and
MALU have
formally been
timely
informed --
and how it is
possible that
a media that
closely covers
and uncovers
the UN could
be denied
entry, other
than (SG)
censorship.
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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