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UN GATE, Oct 17 – Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General who rarely takes questions and even had the Press which asked him about the mass killings in Cameroon thrown out of the UN, rolled up in three large SUV vehicles to the publicly-funded mansion he usually lives alone in, just before the COVID-19 pandemic spread in March Video here, & YouTube and Facebook.

On October 16, among with questions on Guterres' cover up of his links to UN bribery firm CEFC China Energy, Inner City Press asked him and Amina J. Mohammed and Melissa Fleming, "On Guinea, in advance of the election what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on that Tension is rising in Guinea, following the killing of senior army officer Col Mamady Condé.  It comes just two days before a presidential election in which President Alpha Condé is running for a controversial third term.  Armed men shot Col Condé dead in the early hours of Friday at a military camp in Kindia, 130km (80 miles) north-east of the capital, Conakry.  Residents of the nearby neighbourhood heard gunshots at 02:00 local time and heavy shooting continued for five hours.  There were reports of an attempted mutiny and that soldiers had seized weapons to free some of their colleagues who had been detained.  The minister of defence issued a statement saying that Col Condé had been killed. Separately, does the SG join the call for the Internet to NOT be cut off or slowed, noting wo disruptions of the internet and social media in Guinea this year, on March 21 and 22, during a constitutional referendum that granted President Alpha Condé the ability to run for a third term." A day later, no answer.

 Now on October 17, through maskless spokeesman Stephane Dujarric, this: "On the eve of the presidential elections in Guinea, the Secretary-General calls on all national stakeholders to ensure that the polls are conducted in an inclusive and peaceful manner. He also calls on all political leaders and their supporters to refrain from acts of incitement, inflammatory language, ethnic profiling and violence. He urges the defence and security forces to act responsibly and with utmost restraint.      The Secretary-General urges political leaders and their parties to resolve any disputes that may arise through legal means. He reiterates the commitment of the United Nations to support the country’s efforts to promote national cohesion.      Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General   New York, 17 October 2020." Empty statement, totally corrupt.

 Guterres' own guards rough up and ban the Press, here.

  On September 12, still-banned Inner City Press went to check out the UN and Belarus protest across from it on 43rd Street, where it covered the UN after Guterres had it roughed up. Sept 12 Periscope here. Guterres sides with dictators - and his Melissa Fleming has not acted on Inner City Press' application a full week previous for access to briefing to cover UNGA Week 2020. We'll have more on this.

 As Inner City Press reported on August 4 when Haq and Melissa Fleming had it removed before it could ask a question on Guterres' lame "policy brief" on COVID-19 and education, Guterres' embargoed video was filmed July 23. This shows guilty knowledge.

  In March at public expense his wife Catarina Vaz Pinto was with him, just as she was in September 2019 in expensive seats at the US Open tennis tournament as Guterres - and she? - censored the Press.

   Catarina Vaz Pinto is no longer only Lisbon's Minister of Culture - she is now, somewhat absurdly, the "Minister of International Relations" of the city. In that role she was in Madrid, at an event making light of the spread of Coronavirus which Guterres is helping spread, while UN Spokesperson Stephan Dujarric and Melissa Fleming refuse all Inner City Press questions.

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