| As Edward Mortimer Passes
His Sri Lanka Advocacy in Response to Inner
City Press Here
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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UN GATE, June 20
– Today we mark the passing of
Edward Mortimer, speechwriter
for Kofi Annan and moving
force in the Sri Lanka
Campaign even as the UN of Ban
Ki-moon (and now Antonio
Guterres) debase the UN by
siding with the ethnic
slaughter of Tamils in that
country.
The FT has
chimed in with their big
picture, here.
But Inner City Press will now
publish this exchange, from
before the time that current
SG Antonio Guterres has had
Inner City Press banned from
the UN for 1084 days and
counting:
Inner City Press
wrote to the Sri Lanka
Campaign, "I wanted to send
you the answer I belatedly got
(and published)
from the IMF today. I'd
appreciate it if you send back
a comment; also on the
developments in l'affaire
Shavendra Silva: Frachette has
"banned" him, but Ban Ki-moon
has continued to say it is
entirely up to member states,
Sri Lanka is *still*
trying... And, total
long shot, on reports that
Kofi Annan may be envoy to
Syria..."
And Ed Mortimer
responded, "Hi Matt. Fred
forwarded your email. Can we
leave the IMF to one side for
a moment. On my two former
bosses, let me say that I
heartily congratulate Louise
on her principled stand, and
that I salute Kofi for his
courage in undertaking what
looks like the ultimate
"mission impossible"… All best
wishes, Edward."
That was a man, and an
upstanding UN officials.
Things have only declined
since, hitting a new low with
the censorship of Guterres.
On June 16, 2021
in a Zoom call with handpicked
questions, regarding Haitians
Ban said they should look to
his successor Antonio Guterres
(who has done even
worse).
Ban did not
mention his failure in Sri
Lanka, and Inner City Press'
question was pointedly not
taken by moderator and
ghostwriter Betsy Pisik. But
here is what in "Resolved:
Uniting Nations in a Divided
World" he / they wrote
"Throughout my
long diplomatic career, I have
found that personal friend-
ship is sometimes more
effective than the formal
relationship. Looking
back, I think our
relationship helped President
Rajapaksa eventually accept
the UN
position."
After this hour
long Ban Ki-moon Zoom session
which found time for
incomprehensible and softball
questions, with the United
Nations Correspondents
Association's Valeria Robecco
and assistant Melanie Giliati
pulling the strings, Inner
City Press in writing asked
Guterres and his spokespeople
Stephane Dujarric, Farhan Haq
and Melissa Fleming and
Cameroon (Guterres' Sri Lanka)
and
"In a Zoom call
today with handpicked
questions, Ban Ki-moon said it
is up to his predecessor to
deal with what the UN has done
in Haiti. What has Guterres
does, and does he acknowledge
Ban's book falsely claims that
the Haiti lawsuit was in 2011
by 500 plaintiffs who sought
$40 billion? On
Sri Lanka, Ban writes that
Rajapaksa "accepted the UN
position." Is that SG
Guterres'
understanding?" No
answer.
And what
of the other online members of
UNCA, now the UN Censorship
Alliance, who collude in
blocking questions about the
UN's underperformance? We'll
be having more on that, and on
Sri Lanka, including UNCA's
troubling history including
banning Press for inquirying
into financial connections to
alleged war criminals. Watch
this site.
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