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UN GATE, July 29 – In the United Nations from which SG Antonio Guterres has banned Inner City Press 1099 days for asking about his complicity in the killing of civilians in Cameroon and their mass imprisonment by China in Xinjiang, on July 29, 2020 German Ambassador Christoph Heusgen held an event about Venezuela, to end his July presidency of the UN Security Council, see below.

 Now UN failure on Venezuela continues, with a pointless gab-fest in Geneva on July 5, 2021. Inner City Press live tweeted it, here:

now in Geneva a virtue signaling session on abuses by #Venezuela, with whose Maduro corrupt UNSG  Antonio Guterres  has colluded while banning Press from the UN 1099 days and counting. 

Now M Bachelet , who has done nothing on  Antonio Guterres  banning of Press, calls for ending sanctions on Venezuela. Note: Inner City Press has been reporting on, and getting unsealed, Venezuela sanctions violation cases  @SDNYLIVE , no answers from  @UN_Spokesperson

Now M Bachelet  says she welcomes Madura's recent statements. Be aware - for months Bachelet pretended to be in Geneva when she was not, while still drawing a full, inflated salary Now  M Bachelet  brags that Maduro is cooperating with her. Yeah.

Now response by Venezuela rep, for 5 minutes (3 up front, 2 on the end). Says, "Human rights are fully respected here." Like in the UN?

Now Nicaragua, live, trashing US as genocidal. Next, European Union, in a video statement - mere selfie-style video, not the full Sandino that Nicaragua's red and black clad speaker was rocking. Brazil by video...

Even by video, UN's corrupt SG Big Tony Antonio Guterres can't bring himself to speak on Venezuela, even though he is spending public money to vacation to his home and bribe-site in Lisbon, here

Cuba with an antiquated radiator in the background (we rate it, 8 of 10 for authenticity; Australia with smooth wood background, reading from Tele-Prompter(TM) - 3 of 10, no imagination

This is France, on Venezuela to HRC 47, talking truth not to power but to his own lap. Inner City Press gives rare sympathy rating of 1 out of 10, still better than  @NdeRiviere  in NY, no answers on #Cameroon, banning Press from his "presser"
 
Things going downhill at the UN, and in Japan foreign relations - this guy reading a statement off paper in front of a plain white wall is Japan's speech to  HRC 47 about  Venezuela. All funds devoted to  Olympics ? Sympathy vote 0.5 of 10

On Venezuela at HRC 47, 2d P-5 speaker is China - 9 out of 10 on visual presentation, 0 of 10 on human rights. Uighur slave labor and  Antonio Guterres  in the pocket not shown (and note - China UN Ambassador blocks Inner City Press on Twitter, like Guterres' spox

Now Sri Lanka reads defense of #Venezuela - but the UN did nothing on slaughter of the Tamils, so this is just a rhetorical dance. Zero of 10.

Now Germany on Venezuela, while its mission in NY happily banned Press along with  Antonio Guterres. This speaker with Venetian blinds - the mystery of the closet with the key raises the rating to 2 out of 10

And now with a whimper and not a bang, the UN's virtual signaling gab-fest on Venezuela ends. Nothing accomplished, while  Antonio Guterres  is fast spending public money in Lisbon and still banning Press.

 Back in July 2020,  Inner City Press at first politely RSVP-ed for the (online) event; then, getting no response, it asked more publicly. Eventually the Zoom password arrived, and Inner City Press signed in.

Heusgen told attendees to "raise their hand," or indicate in the Chat they had a question. Inner City Press did both, even indicating the topic - prisons - so there could be no excuse to continue censorship.

 But censorship continued. Huesgen called on a person in the chat who asked after Inner City Press - and didn't respond when called on - but refused to call on Inner City Press, even after it turned on its camera and physically / visually raised its hand.

  Those listed, and complicit in selective banning of questions:

H.E. Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, permanent representative of Germany to  the UN H.E. Ambassador José Singer Weisinger, permanent representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN; Louis Charbonneau, UN director, Human Rights Watch; Dr. Kathleen Page, researcher, Johns Hopkins University Selene Soto, senior counselor, Women’s Link Worldwide

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