| UNSG Guterres Spox Dujarric
Says Mr Lee Status Unchanged No Entry To UNGA
Even Virtual
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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UN GATE, Sept 17
– While the United Nations
speaks about press freedom and
the upcoming UN General
Assembly week under new
President Zolkan Bozkir of
Turkey, UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres has banned
Inner City Press amid its
questions about his finances
and failures on Cameroon and
in combatting or even just
disclosing UN sexual
abuse.
On
September 17, Guterres'
spokesman Staphane Dujarric
was asked out it. Video here.
From the transcript:
Q: you were
talking about press freedoms,
a different part of the press.
What's the latest with Inner
City Press? They've apparently
asked
to be credentialed, and that's
been ignored. They've played
an active part in uncovering
UN corruption over the years.
Where does... where do they
stand regarding UN
credentialing?
UN Spokesman
Dujarric: Mr. Lee's
status remains unchanged.
Okay...
Question:
And does that mean that that's
going to stay unchanged,
meaning he's banned for the
next... for this General
Assembly?
Spokesman
Dujarric: Well, I mean,
there's no... we're not
issuing any new credentials
for this General Assembly,
because there's really
nothing... there are no
physical... barely any
physical events here. So,
there's no... no temporary
credentials are being given,
anyway.
All right. Thank you very
much. I will leave you in the
capable hands of Mr. [Brenden]
Varma....
Brenden Varma,
for PGA Bozkir, has refused to
answer Inner City Press'
questions about his
backsliding on the one reform
from the UN corruption scandal
Inner City Press reported on,
often exclusively, about PGAs
Ashe and Kutesa; Bozkir has an
empty
"Ethics" page.
Varma then
blocked Inner City Press on
Twitter. This is today's UN -
we'll have more on this issue.
Inner City Press should be
given the codes to access
and ask questions at briefings
immediately, like the state
media and retirees Guterres
and Melissa Fleming prefer and
favor.
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