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Inner City Press Scoop on UN Prostitution
UN No Discipline After 8 Days Covering Up
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive, Patreon
Germany
- Honduras
- UN
Q - Tel
Aviv Austria
UN GATE, July 1 –
The United Nations claims to
have a zero tolerance for
sexual exploitation by its
staff and peacekeepers, but
routinely covers up their
abuses including the rape of
children, withholding basic
information which was provided
to the Press under Ban Ki-moon
but not now under Antonio
Guterres.
Inner City Press, which
Guterres has banned from the
UN for 724 days as it asks
about these and his abuses, on
June 23 received from outraged
UN whistleblowers video of
sexual exploitation, they
said, in a white UN-marked
vehicle, here.
Now Instagram,
Facebook.
Today July
1 AFP reports
that "It was originally
published on June 23 on the
Twitter account of Inner City
Press, a blog in open conflict
with the UN, which has been
denied access "for 721 days" ,
said its author Matthew
Lee. The account claimed
a few days later that this
scene was filmed in Tel Aviv
(Israel)." [Would they say
that the Rappler is "in open
conflict" with Duterte?]
The UN
after Inner City Press' video
went viral claimed they were
quickly investigating; a
French journalist even
(falsely) reported that
sanctions had already been
announced.
But now,
days after Inner City Press
identified to the UN the
nationality and then the names
of the men in the vehicle,
nothing. It is another cover
up by Guterres, this time funded
not only by taxpayers but also
IKEA and Pierre Omidyar.
Early on
June 29 Inner City Press has
asked Guterres, Melissa
Fleming, Stephane Dujarric and
others: "This is a formal
request from Inner City Press
for the pass code(s) to be
able to participate in and ask
questions in today's United
Nations noon
briefing.
For the reason
set for below, to not
immediately this morning grant
this timely request would be
both censorship and a cover up
- Inner City Press on the
afternoon of June 23 asked
each of you about the UN
sexploitation in UN vehicle
video which it first
published. On the morning of
June 28 Inner City Press
published and asked about the
two men multiple UN
whistleblowers tell it are the
ones seen in the UN vehicle.
Inner City Press has a right
to ask this question of the
UN, and to get an
answer.
Note that
only this morning June 29 the
IMF again took, read out and answered
Inner City Press' questions,
on Cameroon, Botswana,
Republic of Congo, etc. It is
shameful for the UN that you
block the Press - and
telling.... Inner City Press
posed this question to UNTSO
and Ms Fleming and Mr.
Guterres - no answer:
From: Matthew
Russell Lee
Date: Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at
2:13 PM
Subject: Press Q: confirm or
deny that Michael Antoine is
with UNTSO (& his role in
this). Same Q re Ray Milan. On
deadline. Please immediately
confirm receipt. Thanks in
advance To: Antonio Guterres,
Melissa Fleming, Judy Hylton,
Sophie Boudre
This is a Press
question on deadline:
Please confirm or deny that
Michael Antoine, whose past
promotions and transfers out
of UNTSO including to the
UN-OPCW mission in Syria Inner
City Press has previously
asked the UN spokesmen about
without answer, is with UNTSO
(and his role in
this). Same
question regarding Ray Milan.
On deadline. Please
immediately confirm receipt."
No answer. Guterres' UN is
corrupt, now using Omidyar and
IKEA funds.
On June 28
Inner City Press asked
Guterres, Melissa Fleming and
UNTSO: "confirm or deny that
Michael Antoine, whose past
promotions and transfers out
of UNTSO including to the
UN-OPCW mission in Syria Inner
City Press has previously
asked the UN spokesmen about
without answer, is with UNTSO
(and his role in
this). Same
question regarding Ray Milan."
No answer.
We now
report - Milan is, as Inner
City Press asked and reported,
from Puerto Rico. And in the
back, Michael Antoine has both
Trinidadian and US citizenship
- and quite a history. Inner
City Press previously asked
the UN about him (for example
here).
and his sponsor / Godfather
Fadil Abdullah, since promoted
out to UNICEF in Sudan. Inner
City Press asked the UN about
him, again, in 2019, here
- no answer. UN cover ups.
Whistleblowers exclusively
tell Inner City Press this is
being covered up: Antoine is
"protected." He is known
in all the bars of
Jerusalem. The military
observers know him as the
jackass. That is his
nickname. Military
observers were told not to
place complaints about his
antics, that nothing would be
done. They would see his
UN vehicle out late in the
bars in Jerusalem. He would
drive with Ray to Haifa
Russian bars. Ray Milan
and Antoine would also use
prostitutes
regularly. Senior
management refuse to address
the misdeeds of civilian
staff. Antoine is part
of culture of civilian UN
staff who are undisciplined
and there is no
accountability.
Antoine had many Palestinian
girlfriends and this would
also cause problems for UN.
Guterres is to blame for this.
Inner City
Press has been encouraged by
UN staff to publish this now
to try to ensure that Guterres
doesn't once again cover up
for a "whoremonger." They say
Guterres should resign.
Inner City
Press will continue to demand
re-accreditation.
On June
26, despite the story now
being reported from Austria
to Israel
to Switzerland,
those let in from Al Jazeera
and other publications asked
nothing. We'll have more on
this. Watch this site.
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