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UNGA Inner City Press Applied But PGA
Csaba Kőrösi Blocked It Now Fleming
By Matthew
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UN Gate, Nov 18 –
As the United Nations after a
year of failing on Ukraine and
covering up sexual abuses from
the DR Congo to Colombia gears
up for its annual UNGA Week
this month, it has tried to
further limit access and
coverage by independent
press.
Will this
continue under incoming PGA
Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary? On
September 15, 2022 Inner City
Press wrote to members
including his "Special
Assistant" Adel Hriczu -
despite claims of
transparency, as of September
17 no response or action: "As
a journalist who has reported
on the United Nations and its
work for more than ten years,
and who today was allowed to
question the IMF but was not
(yet?) allowed back into the
UN, I am writing to you as
deputy chef de cabinet of the
Office of President of the
General Assembly to formally
ask that you ensure that my
application, a week ago, to UN
MALU to cover next week's UNGA
week is approved, on Sept 16."
Still now in November,
nothing.
In fact, Korosi
went so far, contrary to his
claims of transparency, to
block Inner City Press on
Twitter, see here.
A day after Inner City Press
exposed it, it was reversed
but no explanation offered.
Then, sadly, this: After
Korosi bragged online about
his December 2 civil society
summit, Inner City Press
registered. The form
specifically envisioned entry
and attendance by individuals
not affiliated with any groups
- including "private sector" -
and for those not affiliated
in any way with the UN, saying
special passes would be
provided.
On the morning of
November 10 Inner City Press
asked Korosi's spokesperson
Paulina Kubiak to confirm, and
" given PGA Korosi's
promotion, including on
Twitter, of his Dec 2 townhall
in the UN, please immediately
confirm that it is he and his
office controlling who is
allowed in - that is, that he
cannot try to pass the buck to
MALU and USG Fleming, as
he/you have tried to do to
date. To
test this, yesterday evening I
applied
https://www.un.org/pga/77/csotownhall/
- I am informing you (and him)
of this in order to be
upfront, and also to ensure if
there are any questions, I be
allowed to answer them. I am
expecting that ticket to enter
on December 2 and to be
informed of it long before
that, asap."
Eight hours later, Korosi's
spokesperson Kubiak replied,
"The Civil Society Town Hall
on 2 December is for civil
society organizations in
consultative status with
ECOSOC or those formally
associated with DGC. The
attendees register through the
link that you noted, as part
of a process to check
accreditation by ECOSOC or DGC
prior to issuance of special
event tickets by DSS. Should
your accreditation not be
confirmed by DESA or DGC, you
may still follow the
discussions on UN WebTV."
Well, no.
"Paulina, that does not seem
to be true. the form
specifically allows for
entities / people not
affiliated with the UN - and
people not affiliated with an
organization, as well as
"private sector" - I am
writing this story now
paste 9.Organization
Representation Type NGO
(Non-Governmental
Organization)
Academia Private
Sector Do not belong to
any organization 10.Your
organization's affiliation
with the UN (check all that
apply) Associated with
Department of Global
Communications In
consultative status with
Economic and Social
Council Both
ECOSOC-accredited and
DGC-associated Not
affiliated 11.Do
you have a valid UN grounds
pass? Yes. (A special
event ticket will not be
requested for you to access
UNHQ) No. (I require a
special event ticket to access
UNHQ)."
Kubiak after that
stopped answering, including
refusing to provide any Korosi
comments on the 13 rapes by UN
staffer Elkorany. UN
Spokespeople Stephane Dujarric
and Farhan Haq day after day
refused this: "
On UN
opacity, immediately
state whether the Dec 2
"civil society summit"
is limited to
representatives of NGOs
already OK-ed by ECOSOC
or USG Fleming's DCG, or
(as the online form says),
to people and entities
not affiliated with the
UN."
Now
it turns
out Melissa "We
Own the Science" Fleming
is "moderating" the
December 2 Town Hall -
while lying about who is
allowed in, and not
answering legal mail.
UNaccountable.
Watch this
site.
See
this
video Letter
Watch this site.
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