| UNPGA Prez Volkan Bozkir
Taps Brendan Varma As Spox With Conchita Wurst
Echo Still Censored
By Matthew
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UN GATE, Aug 26 –
How corrupt is today's United
Nations? On May 15 the UN
General Assembly held a
"informal interactive
dialogue" for the lone
rubber-stamp candidate to be
UN President of the GA, Volkan
Bozkir.
Since
there is no other candidate,
it was akin to a presidential
debate in North Korea.
And now
after Bozkir was rubber
stamped, without yet taking
any action on the banning from
the UN of the most active
Press, Inner City Press,
Bozkir has begun stocking up.
Now on August 26, his
spokesman (who also
represented Miroslav Lajcak) -
Brendan Varma. Now, he use to
answer questions from Inner
City Press. But that was
before corrupt Antonio
Guterres took over. Will he
now? We'll see - and report.
From two 2018 UN transcripts:
9
July 2018:
"Question: Yeah. I
just want to ask a follow‑up
to the question about the 3
July incident involving Inner
City Press. Will the
review include an evaluation
of the actions by security
itself that were alleged
looking into whether, in fact,
physical force… any physical
force was used against Mr. Lee
and the circumstances
surrounding that as opposed to
just his conduct, which, of
course, I understand, but is…
is the security's actions
itself… are they going to be
examined? Deputy
Spokesman: We are
looking into the matter
thoroughly, including the
actions taken by the security
forces. At the same
time, I would point out that
there is a concern whenever
anyone, whether media or
otherwise, has an altercation
with the security in the
build… inside the
building. Yes?"
8
August 2018
Question:
Farhan, can you confirm receipt of a formal
complaint that has been submitted to the
Secretary‑General by Inner City Press on
prohibited conduct? Did you… have you
received…? Deputy Spokesman: I
believe that has been received and is being
reviewed. Question: What action
will be taken into… in regards to
that? And will that hold up a decision
that has been ongoing on the status of Inner
City Press? Deputy Spokesman: I
don’t believe it will hold up any
decision. I think, once a decision is
made, we will convey it to Matthew, and then
I will let you guys know. And with
that, Brenden Varma, come on up.
No, it's
been Come on down...
From Inner City
Press on August 21: "Tegan
Brink Chef de Cabinet to the
President of the 75th Session
of the UN General Assembly" -
from Australia's mission. Will
she ensure that active press
can enter and ask questions in
the UN? Or collude in
censorship?
And in other ways
too: Turkish "diplomatic"
Volkan Bozkir is best known
for saying,
after "drag queen" Conchita
Wurst's Eurovision win,
"Thank God we no longer
participate in Eurovision."
Yet
watch corrupt UNSG Antonio
Guterres speak warmly about
it. Guterres believes in
nothing but himself, wanting
to "run" unopposed for a
second term. This should be
denied. Here's the notice,
from another UN office whose
spokesperson Reem Abaza like
Guterres' Stephane Dujarric
refuses to answer Inner City
Press' written questions about
its corruption:
"The
President of the 74th session
of the General Assembly,
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande will
convene an informal
interactive dialogue with the
candidate for the position of
President of the 75th session
of the Assembly, Volkan Bozkir
on Friday, 15 May 2020, from
11:00 a.m. – 1:00
p.m.
The dialogue will be held via
a virtual platform due to the
continued limitations on
holding large in-person
meetings as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic."
Under
Guterres' Melissa Fleming, it
seems Inner City Press will be
denied video of the "debate."
Inner City Press, banned from
the UN and now its Zoom rooms
for 785 days, will have much
more on this. Watch this site.
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