UNITED NATIONS
GATE, Oct 29
– 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
29 three
hours
before what
would have
been a
noon briefing by Spokesman
Stephane "French
Whine"
Dujarric except
he is
again missing,
handing it to
Farhan Haq who
*thanked*
Honduras,
after the July 26
noon briefing
had no
questions at all,
video here,
Inner
City Press submitted 1316
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,
16-28
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
29-1: On UN
sexual
exploitation
and abuse -
alleged - this
is a request
that you
immediately
provide the
"if asked"
information
about the case
of child
rape and
sexual
exploitation
by UN
"peacekeepers"
from Cameroon
and South
Africa the UN
cursorily
disclosed on
the afternoon
of October 28
- about which
Inner City
Press did not
this time
immediately
ask, given
that each of
you have
refused for
one week and
counting to
answer in any
way with
if-asked
information
about the
child rape and
sexual
exploitation
cases
involving
Indonesia,
Mauritania and
again
Cameroon, in
DRC and
Central
African
Republic
cursorily data
dumped onto
the UN website
after 3 pm on
October 21.
Requesting
again that you
immediately
provide the
"granular"
information
that was
promised at
the noon
briefing to
correspondents
who barely ask
or publish
about this
topic. What is
being done for
the victims?
Also, again,
what is
Guterres'
answer, which
you refused to
provide after
banned Inner
City Press
asked you and
others in
writing on the
morning of
August 19 that
you
"immediately
provide all
if-asked and
additional
information
about the new
allegation of
SEA announced
of child rape
by a
Cameroonian
"peacekeeper"
in DR Congo,
and why this
has been left
so long
UNanswered -
and also why
previously
published
charges are no
longer in the
data to which
UN
Peacekeeping
Conduct and
Discipline
points,
including what
if being done
for these
victims and
any steps
taken to avoid
this constant
repetition of
abuse despite
the SG's
ostensible
commitments.
Again, are new
allegations
being buried
elsewhere on
the data page?
Inner City
Press is
asking in
writing
because banned
from the noon
briefings and
any follow up
questions, now
for more than
a year. On
August 24
Inner City
Press
re-applied for
admission to
cover the UNGA
high level
week; on
August 30 it
was summarily
rejected, with
no or only
Kafka-esque
reasoning.
This week, as
before none of
Inner City
Press' written
questions,
including on
Honduras and
Cameroon, have
been answered.
This is a
request that
you
immediately
confirm
receipt of
these
questions and
requests.
October
29-2: On
Guinea-Bissau,
what is SG
Guterres'
comment and
action if any
on that
President José
Mário Vaz
sacked his
government on
Monday "with
immediate
effect"? Vaz
said the
decision,
which was read
out on
national
radio, was
based on what
he called a
"serious
political
crisis" in the
country, which
had "prevented
the normal
operation of
some
institutions".
The move comes
days after
Prime Minister
Aristide Gomes
denounced a
coup attempt
and police
violently
repressed an
opposition
protest.
One protester
was killed on
Saturday and
several others
were injured
during a
demonstration
calling for a
delay to the
24 November
election.
The opposition
wants the
election
delayed to
give it time
to clean up
the election
register to
prevent voter
fraud
October
29-3: On
Honduras,
narco-corruption
and SG
Guterres'
meeting last
month with
President Juan
Orlando
Hernandez and
previous four
person panel,
what are the
comments and
actions of
Guterres on
the video
taped killing
of Nery
Orlando López
a/k/a
Magdaleno Meza
Fúnez, whose
notebooks were
used to
convict
Presidential
brother Tony
Hernandez in
the SDNY court
this month?
Now Reinero
Valle has, as
Madgaleno had
before his
assassination,
asked to be
moved out of
that El Pozo
prison due to
threats to
silence him as
a witness, so
far without
response to
his lawyer
Nazario Luque?
Again,
immediately
provide the
report /
read-out of
Guterres' four
person panel
sent to
Honduras, and
complete read
out of his
meeting with
JOH.
October
28-4: On UN
corruption,
retaliation
and press
freedom,
immediately
confirm UN
receipt of,
and response
to, this which
a
whistleblower
sent to banned
Inner City
Press:
"From:
[Whistleblower]
Date: Mon, Oct
21, 2019 at
12:21 PM
Subject:
Request for an
independent
investigation
for UNMIK CMS
Ms. Sandi
ARNOLD To:
OIOS-NY
<oios-ny-unhq@un.org>,
OIOS-Directors
<oios-directors-unhq@un.org>,
OIOS-UNMIK
<oios-unmik-unhq@un.org>,
ethicsoffice
<ethicsoffice@un.org>
Cc: ... James
Finniss
<finniss@un.org>,
Hochschild
<hochschild@un.org>,
Ben Swanson
<swanson1@un.org>,
Atul Khare
<khare@un.org>,
Martha Helena
Lopez
<lopez22@un.org>,
DMSPC-OUSG-MEU
<meu@un.org>,
Field Central
Review Bodies
<fcrb@un.org>
Good
afternoon,I
would like to
request that
an independent
investigation
be launched
immediately
into Ms.Sandi
ARNOLD’s
reiterated
sexual and
management
abuses which
have been
occurring for
the past years
against staff
members in
UNMIK. More here.
October
28-2: On
Cameroon, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
and separately
of his
representative
Allegra
Baiocchi on
that the
Minister
Delegate at
the Ministry
of External
Relations in
charge of
Cooperation
with the
Commonwealth,
Felix Mbayu
has told the
United Nations
that the just
ended Major
National
Dialogue
convened by
President Biya
to seek
lasting
solutions to
the Anglophone
crisis was the
first and the
last of its
kind. Felix
Mbayu was
speaking
Thursday
October 24 in
Yaounde on the
occasion of
the
commemoration
of the 74th
edition of the
United Nations
Day.
Before a host
of Statesmen,
the Resident
Coordinator of
the UN system
in Cameroon,
Allegra
Baiocchi, and
heads of UN
Agencies,
Minister Felix
Mbayu
pontificated
that the Grand
Historical
event that
brought
together
Cameroonians
of all works
of life was
one of the
efforts made
by President
Biya to ensure
things come
back to
normalcy and
none of such
will be held
again.
October
28-3: You have
refused
questions
about not only
Honduras,
Cameroon and
corruption but
also the
Sutton Place
mansion on
which the
public spends
money but
please
immediately
explain the
presence,
brought up UN
DSS, on
October 26 of
NYC / USA
security at
the mansion,
spending now
US taxpayers'
money and
confirm or
deny the UN's
request had a
relation to
trying to
discourage or
hinder
reporting on
Guterres and
his
spending.
October
28-4: On
Mozambique,
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
on that
Mozambique’s
opposition has
called for a
re-run of the
general
election
alleging
intimidation,
violence and
vote rigging,
claims the
ruling party
denies.
President
Filipe Nyusi
secured
another
five-year term
after a
landslide win
in the general
election. He
won 73% of the
presidential
vote. In
the final
results
announced by
the country’s
national
elections
commission on
Sunday, his
Frelimo party
won just under
three quarters
of the 250
parliamentary
seats.
The 17-member
elections body
approved the
results by a
vote of nine
to
eight.
October
28-5: On
Uganda and
impunity, is
the UN system
paying any
compensation
now that UN
WFP admits The
United Nations
World Food
Programme
(WFP) will
begin
destroying
global stocks
of a blended
food product,
identified as
a source of
sickness among
people who
consumed it in
Uganda earlier
this
year.
Distribution
of the stocks
of Super
Cereal,
produced by
one of WFP’s
suppliers,
were suspended
following an
outbreak of
illness,
pending
investigations
that have
identified the
product as the
most probable
cause of
illness among
people in the
Karamoja
region of
Uganda.
Five people
died and
around 300
fell sick
after eating
Super Cereal
distributed in
Karamoja in
March and
April. “The
women and
children whose
lives are
saved and
changed
through food
assistance
remain our
priority and
this was an
extremely
unfortunate
and
unprecedented
event in the
history of WFP
food
assistance”
said Amir
Abdulla,
Deputy
Executive
Director of
WFP.
“WFP is deeply
saddened by
the loss of
life and
suffering
among
vulnerable
communities
who count on
food
assistance in
one of the
poorest areas
of
Uganda”.
October
28-6: On
corruption,
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
on that
Liberia's
President
George Weah
has accepted
the
resignation of
Central Bank
Governor
Nathaniel
Patray despite
ongoing
investigations
over his
alleged role
in
misallocation
of state
funds,
including $25m
(£19m) meant
to ease
inflation.
Mr Weah had
previously
announced his
plan to
replace Mr
Patray, a
decision
criticised by
many who
wanted the
central bank
governor to
remain in
office until
the
investigations
are
concluded.
Patray handed
in his
resignation
letter on 24
October
October
28-7: On DRC,
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
and MONUSCO on
that About 20
fighters loyal
to the
notorious
warlord Gédéon
Kyungu Mutanga
attacked
government
security
forces in
Lubumbashi,
southeastern
Democratic
Republic of
Congo, on
October 11.
October
28-8: On press
freedom, Hong
Kong and
China, what
are the
belated
comments of SG
Guterres and
separately of
USG Melissa
Fleming on
that A Hong
Kong reporter
disrupted a
police news
conference on
Monday to
protest what
she called
escalating
violence by
officers
against
journalists
covering the
city's
pro-democracy
protests.
October
24-1: On
corruption and
the UN, please
immediate
disclose all
UN connections
of the "World
Sports
Alliance" with
offices at 845
UN Plaza and a
website
replete with
UN-like
symbols whose
Asa St Clair
was presented
last night in
SDNY
Magistrates
Court and
detained on
wire fraud
charges for a
fraudulent
crypto-currency.
Also please
now on UN Day
response to
the use of the
UN for a
fraudulent
coin sale by
Carlos Garcia,
shown in SDNY
to be money
launderer for
UN
bribes.
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?
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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