| In Corrupt UN of Guterres
Kuwait State Media Inflates Performance on
UNSC Amid Press Ban
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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COURT, Dec 22 – In the
decaying sideshow of the UN
and its Security Council, as
five non-permanent members
leave state media inflates
their performance.
Inner City Press,
which covered in person these
five's performance from
January through June of 2018
before being roughed up and
banned by UN Secretary
General Antonio Guterres with
no reaction by the five,
despite claims of commitment
to press freedom and even UN
transparency, has continued to
cover them.
Kuwait, for example, which has
gotten its KUNA to inflate its
performance, phoned
it in on African issues
including praising Paul Biya,
dictator of Cameroon.
Its
Permanent Representative, a
pleasure enough man, when
Inner City Press standing at
the Delegates Entrance raised
the issue of its expulsion and
ban by Guterres, replied that
if the UN Correspondents
Association with state media
like Xinhua on its Executive
Committee was colluding with
Guterres there was nothing to
be done. One, this is weak for
a member state. Two, it
confirms how disgusting the UN
has become under Guterres.
Here's from KUNA, annotated by
Inner City Press: "Through its
non-permanent membership in
the Security Council, Kuwait
succeeded in enforcing its
distinguished diplomatic mark
and present solutions to many
complex issues facing the
world." Which solutions were
those?
"During that
month many important sessions
were held and discussed three
main issues: Palestine, Iraq
and the purposes of the United
Nations Charter in maintaining
international peace and
security." Here was Inner City
Press' review of that
Presidency, which before
Guterres' lawless ban it was
able to cover in person.
"On May 31, 2019,
Kuwait chaired the UNSC for
the month of June, for the
third time in its history. On
June 13, 2019, Kuwait released
a presidential statement of
the UNSC on the cooperation
between the council and the
Arab League during a session
chaired by Sheikh Sabah
Al-Khaled; among the
participants are the United
Nations Security General
Antonio Guterres." And Inner
City Press was banned. Here
is its review of Kuwait's
month: "
On August 29,
2019, Ambassador Al-Otaibi
announced that the penholders
of the Syrian humanitarian
file at the UNSC, which are
Kuwait, Belgium and Germany,
presented a draft resolution
to the UNSC on Idlib, which
aims to put an end to the
deteriorating human conditions
in the Syrian city. The
UNSC discussed the draft
resolution on September 29,
however it failed to adopt it
due to Russian and China`s
veto. In response,
Ambassador Al-Otaibi expressed
disappointment."
So what were the
achievements, again? We'll
continue to cover this and the
UNSC, even while the censor
Guterres and his Melissa
Fleming maintain their ban on
the Press. Viet Nam takes over
January 1, 2020.
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