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As UN Bans Inner City Press 856th Day It E-Asks Spox Dujarric of Maxwell Sexploitation SG Meddling US Elex Venezuela Covid CIV  UNDT Cameroon Fleming 4000+ UNanswered

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon IMF
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UN GATE, Nov 5 – Inner City Press on 5 July 2018 was banned from entering the UN, two day after it was physically removed from conducting interviews outside meeting about the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' $6.7 billion budget.

  Then Guterres' Department of Global Communication, run by Melissa Fleming, issued a letter banning Inner City Press from the UN - for life. With no due process, no right of appeal.  Guterres has put the UN in the US Press Freedom Tracker, here. Guterres' Spokesman Stephane Dujarric falsely promised on camera that he would be answering banned Inner City Press' questions - but see below.

     On Nov 5 after Guterres again refused to answer but the IMF did answer, here, before an amateur UN noon briefing by quarantine violator Stephane "French Whine" Dujarric, previously the face of UN lies on cholera in Haiti, Inner City Press submitted to deputy Farhan Haq and tther  yet more questions (blocked by Dujarric's screener Florencia Soto Nino on +1 917 226 7816 and Dujarric himself on +1 917 622 7652; he directed some favored scribes to Eri Kaneko on +1 917 208 8910, who now blocks Inner City Press on WhatsApp as well) including on the basis on which it continues to be lawlessly banned from entering to ask questions in person. Now also on the basis for withholding publicly funded UN video from the Press. There was no answer from Farhan Haq on +1 917 592 4591, not even a confirmation of receipt, and now UN official like Hua Jiang, Eri Kaneko, now on screen Jennifer Confilio, Adam Smook, Marisela Rivera and others to be named taking public money for a UN briefing blocking email questions about the UN's spread of Covid 19 - May 21 Inner City Press video with commentary here and here, edit here, June 16 video of Kaneko who had briefing go dark and never returned to explain here and here -- who will be held accountable? July 16 and ouster here, July 17 raw and UNTV... August 11 briefing and quarantine violations, Aug 12 here, August 14 here, Aug 17 here, Aug 19 here, Aug 21 here, Aug 24 here, Aug 26 here, Aug 27 here, Aug 28 here, Sept 3 here, Sept 10 here, Sept 11 here, Sept 14 here, Sept 15 here, Sept 17 here and UNTV here, Oct 1 here, Oct 13 here, Oct 14 here, Oct 23 here, Oct 29 here, Nov 3 here, Nov 5 here, Inner City Press asked:

Nov 5-1: Immediately respond to (as you have to date refused to) and explain this leaked audio, exclusively published by Inner City Press, of OIOS' Ben Swanson here 

On Venezuela, what are the SG's comment and actions if any on that the Venezuelan opposition condemned this Wednesday in a statement the alleged use by the government of Nicolás Maduro of the aid received by Unicef to promote the political campaign of the government in the face of the legislative elections of December 6. 

Again, immediately state the outcome of the Nov 3 UNDT proceeding "Sexual harassment case  Padula, Order No.162 (NY/2020)  Padula, Order No.153 (NY/2020)" and state why Inner City Press, when it signed in to this presumptively public proceeding with guests, was blocked from entry.

Immediately state why USG Lacroix did not go see or act on the national staff strike during his visit to UNAMID (Inner City Press has published the staff's complaint) and whether Lacroix will or will not quarantine for 2 weeks now, or is being allowed to live outside of the NY duty station unlike other UN staff. 

State whether SG Guterres, as he told FOSS, went to Massachusetts and if so whether he will stay there are least three days for testing (and be tested if and when back), under new NY rules 

On Portugal, what are SG Guterres' comments and actions if any on that Government asks the President for a state of emergency to limit travel and request health resources. (Lusa, Portugal) - did SG Guterres, as he said to FOSS, go to Massachusetts to meet the plane from Portugal? Has Guterres been tested? Where is he?

 On Cote d'Ivoire what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on that the authorities in Ivory Coast have accused the opposition of plotting against the state after it announced it was setting up a transitional government following a disputed presidential poll. 

On Uganda, beyond the Kutesa questions you have refused to answer, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on that 50 people have been arrested in Uganda following dramatic scenes in the capital as opposition politician Bobi Wine was cleared to contest for the presidency in January's elections.  After an hours-long stand-off, Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was forced out of a police van and into his compound. 

Immediately explain, given the Amir Dossal was on board of Epstein's procurer Ghislaine Maxwell's Terramar Project and Inner City Press has repeatedly asked you each about in writing, how Spokesman Dujarric's Oct 30 on camera statement is not aware of any other UN connection to Epstein, beyond IPI, was and is not a lie and cover up. 

AGAIN: Beyond the questions below, this is a request for UN response / explanation for inaction on the superseding indictment unsealed Oct 29 that UN staffer Karim Elkorany drugged and raped a UN Contractor, in both Iraq and in the US, see https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20400516-elkonary1s1indicticp  and now, that UN staffer Elkorany, for raping a UN contractor including in the US, was ARRESTED on October 29: "Initial Appearance as to (S1 20-Cr-437)Karim Elkorany held on 10/29/2020. Date of Arrest: 10/29/2020. AUSA Daniel C. Richenthal. Defense Counsel Dawn Cardi (Retained). Proceeding: Rule 9. BAIL DISPOSITION: Agreed conditions of release; $500,000 PRB; 2 FRP; Travel restricted to SDNY/EDNY/DNJ; Surrender travel documents (& no new applications); GPS to remain in place; Remaining conditions to be met by 11/5/2020.

AGAIN: immediately state how SG Guterres telling FOSS on Oct 19 that if Biden wins it helps Net Zero but if Trump wins, one can count on banks like JPM Chase is not meddling in US elections.


Again, why did Guterres not list Gulbenkian, linked to CEFC China Energy, in his disclosure covering 2016?  What are Guterres' comments on IPI and Epstein, why would he not say why he left the board? Why has he not quit Club of Madrid? Why was Amir Dossal on Board of Terramar of Ghislaine Maxwell?

Immediately state what the follow up has been on this and other cases below left murky in the OIOS report  "An investigation revealed that a staff member at the Office of the 69th President of the General Assembly had been involved in a range of activities that included diversion of funds, misuse of assets and self-dealing in the discharge of duties. The staff member had used their position to advance their personal interests and those of third parties, received undeclared gifts, solicited funds that were diverted to unofficial accounts and engaged in unauthorized outside activities. OIOS transmitted its findings to the Office of Human Resources for appropriate action and to the Office of Legal Affairs for possible referral to national authorities."  Inner City Press reported on this, and it's now in the Uganda press, the Monitor etc  Also what did the UN do to follow up on this: 98. An investigation revealed that the travel claims of a senior staff member of UN-Women had generated $5,598 in extra costs. The staff member had also failed to disclose conflicts of interest and displayed favouritism in the awarding of two contracts to separate  and again 81. An investigation revealed that a staff member of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs had engaged in inappropriate conduct towards at least 11 women, including colleagues and housekeeping staff at the subject’s accommodation.  and still, on this: 44. An investigation revealed that a United Nations staff member had physically assaulted their spouse, another staff member.

On Cameroon, please immediately provide SG Guterres' comments and actions if any on that Maurice Kamto has been held under house arrest for three weeks now.   Given your failure to answer that, now on deadline comment on the retriation / refoulement to Cameroon (airport shut for this) of asylum seekers and refugees and what the UN is doing to ensure no torture or worse.

On SG Guterres' Oct 12 request / demand for $3 billion amid global cutbacks, explain this line: $1.9 million to deliver a new global communications strategy for the United Nations." How much is being contributed by IDEA and Pierre Omidyar, as you have refused to answer so far? How would this money be spend and how does it relate to USG Fleming's ongoing ban on Inner City Press? 

On Spokesman Dujarric's Oct 9 statement that SG Guterres left New York TWO times during the pandemic, other than the belatedly disclosed one resulting in two weeks faux quanantine with maskless men and Secretary Pompeo visit, when was the other one? Was it too follow by two weeks in the "Residence"? Where was it disclosed?

Given that not only Cunillera but Michael Antoine are being paid by UNTSO after the #UNsexploitation exclusively exposed by Inner City Press, why have you not only refused all of Inner City Press' questions but also failure to update your now inaccurate statements about leave WITHOUT pay? 

What is the UN's response to Inner City Press' Sept 5 application for access to briefings to ask these and other questions (as it was allowed to do with the IMF on September 10), receipt of which was confirmed by MALU? How can retirees who publish nothing be allowed in, and Inner City Press which asks (without answer) and publishes be excluded, and it not be censorship? Now at noon on September 15, having been told by Brenden Varma to "ask MALU" for access codes to ask question of new PGA Zolkan Bozkir, given the history of SDNY-proved corruption by John Ashe and Sam Kutesa, among others, this is a request to teh spokesperson's office and all recipients for those codes, before 4:30 pm. Cc-ing Brenden Varma.

On UN staffer Karim Elkorany, indicted in SDNY for lying to FBI about drugging and raping women while working for UN in Iraq, immediately state what the outcome of the victim complaining to the UN was - and why Elkorany was back at liberty in New Jersey.

AGAIN - immediately explain UN Amir Dossal being 1 of 5 on board of Ghislaine Maxwell's Terramar Project, and what has been done about it.

 Immediately provide the if-asked information on the new SEA charged data dumped this morning about allegations against South Africa "peacekeeper" in DRC and Gabon "peacekeeper" in CAR, and -- As Inner City Press asked each of you on August 17 without answer, re new 2020 UN child rape in South Sudan case data dumped on the afternoon of August 17 - immediately provide all if-asked info of the type previously provided under Ban Ki-moon before SG Guterres tried to cover everything up,  and August 5, 9 am by Italy in Lebanon, South Africa in DRC and an UNSPECIFIED UN civilian CHILD RAPE in DR Congo of July 28 of Gabon in CAR and Guinea in DRC, on top of those of July 23, 6 pm that you immediately provide all if-asked / further information about the new UN sexual exploitation allegations in CAR against UN "peacekeeper" from Gabon, and in DRC by South Africa, on top of unanswered UNTSO driver question and those data dumped on June 4 after 2:30 pm - the twelfth batch this summer so far, no answers, UNSG complicit

On Honduras and COVID corruption by the Juan Orlando Hernandez administration, what are the comment and actions if any of SG Guterres on the corruption allegations here? And again, what is the read out of Guterres' panel sent to Honduras? 

  Immediate comments on the leaked audio of OSSC Chediek Inner City Press published Aug 5 on SoundCloud here (1 of 6)  
On Ghislaine Maxwell and UNEP's Lisa Svensson, who has been exposed in SDNY has saying the UN doesn't care about sex trafficking, what is SG Guterres' response?

as well as on the June 22 admission by Sri Lanka former PR Kohona that his country led a campaign to get Inner City Press ousted and banned from the UN after it reported on mass killings in Sri Lanka, as Inner City Press was also doing as to Cameroon when your UN banned it now for 834+ days. What is the appeals process? On deadline."  

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