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SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 19 – In the UN system run by Antonio Guterres, high ranking officials can get away with physical sexual abuse - witness the "hands down the pants" audio Inner City Press exclusively first published here - and with inappropriate sexual relationships with subordinates.

   Inner City Press received many such complaints. On the morning of June 30, Inner City Press asked Guterres and his spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming to answer, on deadline, a question regarding the head of the UN's Colombia mission, below. They did not answer, and still have not, two weeks later.

On the morning of July 13, Inner City Press wrote to the above-named and more, including July's UNSC Presidency at the Brazil Mission:

"On Colombia, on which each of you previously refused to answer Inner City Press' written questions triggered by UN whistleblowers, what now on deadline are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on this:

"Dear Mr. Lee,     We read an article in the inner city press of 30 June about the affair between the SRSG Carlos Ruiz Massieu and local staff Daniela Vargas.   This is not the only abuse happening in the mission as the SRSG is leading by his wonderful example treating the mission as if it were his own company.  He approved the recruitment for Chief of HR Mar Brusola, whose main virtue is being a girlfriend of Federico Silva Ledesma, the Chief of Conduct and Discipline irrespective of the fact that the conflict of interest is written all over the process.   It makes mission staff who know about it extremely uncomfortable especially us, local staff.  As far as Federico Silva himself, his weak knowledge of the subject can compare only to his bad English. As if this is not enough, Federico is a crony of Erich Ball, Chief, Mission Support, a person whose actions quite differ from his preaching and Yang Wang, Chief resources management infamous for his limitless incompetence except in photography.  Also Mar Brusola is from Spain, the same country as Erich Ball´s wife.  The mission is abundant in Spanish nationals.  The mission leadership apparently thinks that Latin America lacks talent.  We will feel even more afraid than before to go to the Conduct and Discipline Section for advice on our complaints especially against people whom the CMS favors and he does have strong favorites!  Because of these abuses and the fact that nothing has been done about them, we do not trust the internal system.  We saw from your articles that you are the only one who dares publish about controversial issues and you are our only hope that this issue will be disclosed to the world.' On deadline."

 No answer at all, even as Guterres pontificated at the stakeout to friendly correspondents who do not (dare?) ask him about UN corruption. We'll have more on this. For now, we have been sent a copy of this, sent by whistleblowing staff to mc-cdreport at un.org, ruizmassieu at un.org, Guterres, cdt-misconduct at un.org, Ethicsoffice at un.org, Ombudsmediation at un.org centrec at un.org, scolearn at un.org, Investigationsoios at un.org

"Through this document I want to make the following anonymous complaint to avoid retaliation that may be filed against me. 

 Since I clearly know how the bureaucracy works in the United Nations and that as gallants of the protection of human rights, ethics and due conduct we do not really enforce or comply with it.   I will name the following people and the following facts that have been presented where the abuse of authority, abuse of power, social, racial and sexual discrimination by some members of the United Nations in the HQ office of the UN verification mission for Colombia.   Within the false image and false doctrines professed by the UN (ethics and integrity courses, sexual prevention and exploitation, human rights responsibilities, sexual prevention for managers), everything is totally false, reprehensible. It is visible in the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, how so many violations of our fundamental human rights are exercised and as officials of the United Nations we see how strong there is persecution and workplace harassment, racial, social, ethnic discrimination , sexual and the imposition of power on the most disadvantaged or on those who do not have high positions in it, discrimination, inequality, lack of protection against security guard personnel, general service personnel, IC contract personnel,   But what can be expected if the corruption and disloyalty comes from the main head, what can we simple and mediocre officials expect as foreigners from the UN in Colombia treat us.Antonio Guterres, the UN has even put the Nelson Mandela Prize up for sale.  

On July 17, the Prize will be awarded to the wife of an oil titan, but what can we expect if from the head of the mission down they are gallant in the abuse of power, Offering better jobs for sex, As it does Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the Special Representative of the Secretary General in the mission has had an affair with Ms. Daniela Vargas, a member of the local staff, since at least 2020, what must be done to be able to emerge in the United Nations. Do you have to open your legs and lower your underwear?  

Or being a sexual abuser like Ramón Francisco Mora Jimeno who tried to abuse or abuse an official in the famous SAFE course, you have to be corrupt, unethical and anti-professional to be able to rise in the UN.   the SRSG is leading by its wonderful example of treating the mission as its own business. He approved the hiring of the head of HR, Mar Brusola, who knows absolutely nothing about human resource management, except for cordial treatment and respect for other people, and whose main virtue is being the girlfriend of Federico Silva Ledesma, the head of Conduct and Discipline independently. that the conflict of interest is written throughout the process. She makes mission staff in the know extremely uncomfortable, especially us local staff as we cannot report anyone foreign or local without fear of retaliation.

As for Federico Silva himself, his poor knowledge of the subject can only be compared to his poor English. As if this were not enough, Federico is a buddy of Erich Ball, head of Mission Support, a person whose actions are quite different from his preaching and Yang Wang, head of resource management, infamous for his boundless incompetence, except in photography. Mar Brusola is also from Spain, the same country as Erich Ball's wife.

The mission is abundant in Spanish nationals. The leadership of the mission apparently thinks that Latin America lacks talent and for this reason it is difficult for a national of an IC contract or contract to provide services to grow or achieve a better job opportunity, it can be seen in several cases, where there are personnel who has been an IC for more than 3 years or staff that has been providing services or Service Contract for more than 5 years, as they are badly called, but since they do not open their legs or do not lower their underwear they cannot ascend,   All these misconduct and this labor persecution is being carried out by Mrs. Mirjana Mazar (Movement Control Officer), since she arrived as head of the transport unit, she began a persecution against all male personnel who drive a vehicle of the Verification Mission, in this way he abusively deducted money for subpoenas made in acts of service and that within the Colombian legislation are legally appealable and can be mediated so as not to be economically affected the people who were fined, the Colombians they have rights within their country but Mrs. Mazar constantly violates them, we have to charge the drivers to recover the money that the executive leaders of the UN spend, because for them if there is no law,they can use the vehicles and the money to rent rest farms in the hot country in towns near Bogotá and also on the coast, the persecutions against all the men who drive in the mission are visible, but the favoritism towards the personnel is also seen feminine as it is towards Mrs. Dolly Esperanzá Valencia Bachiller (Transportation Assistant) under a fraudulent and inappropriate contract, also who is committing a crime called illegal collection of money under the name of (chain),  It is also making cash loans at interest rates that are above the legal ones in Colombia and all of the loans are being made with the money that the Verification Mission gives it as a base or petty cash for the necessary expenses of the unit. of transport and all these cases are known to Mrs. Mirjana Mazar and whoever does not apply corrections for favoring Mrs. Dolly Valencia, in this case of illegal collection of money, is also committing fraud because financially she is benefiting from money from the mission for his own purposes and in the last two years he has managed to acquire goods that are his but are not in his name, the following people are also involved, Larissa Gorbatova (Assistant of the transport unit), Leslie Fonseca López (Personal Assistant of the DSRSG ),Jorge Cerdán Ramos (Driver), Luis Hernán Manrique López (Driver), Camilo Plazas Barón (Driver), Néstor Guillermo Ramirez (Driver), William Guillermo Rubiano (DSRSG Driver), Jorge Enrique Sierra Rodríguez (DSRSG Driver), these last two also hired for political favors and who do not have the knowledge and preparation to be security drivers of a DSRSG but like everything in the UN they had to pay the political fee to meet friends, Miss Dolly Esperanzá Valencia Bachiller (Transportation Assistant) and Leslie Fonseca López (Personal Assistant of the DSRSG) began a persecution and workplace harassment against four Mission officials, leading them to an investigation without foundation, without evidence and with the favoritism of Mrs. Karla, the former Deputy,which led to the resignation of a driver who had to do so due to threats of damaging his resume, the other three people unfairly denounced did not agree to the threats and remain in their workplaces but damaging and playing with their job stability and its good image since two of them have been in the mission for five years and have stood out for their commitment and excellent work, one as a driver and the other as an assistant to the transport unit, but the bad intentions and favoritism of some officials are allowed without any repercussions or labor sanctions for this misconduct, we also have the misconduct and favoritism given by Messrs. Isidro Duran Torres (Acquisitions Director) and Sebastián Zuluaga (Purchasing Assistant),those who, due to the economic benefits they receive when awarding contracts, are committing Fraud and Enrichment, can see them and compare them with their acquired Goods, some that are not in their name to avoid being linked to investigations and their economic growth in the last 4 years has been notorious , but since they are bosses, they are foreigners favored by the older bosses, nothing happens, everyone is favored because of their bad behavior, as is the case of Daniela Vargas who, due to her good performance in bed, had a considerable promotion in the office of Antonio Guterres in New York, while people who have honestly given the most of their time in the Mission and have spent more time continue as IC, Service Contract having an excellent resume and demonstrating the capabilities they have, but here the capabilities do not matter,the discrimination against the Vigilance personnel and the slavery to which they are subjected, that even when they are sick, they must work to avoid being fired, is of no importance to the mission office, it has reached the point of denying them a coffee because coffee, at aromatic water and the water from the dispensers is only for the staff of the United Nations, the bad treatment towards the ladies of the cleaning service is also very visible, especially by an official on the 6th floor named María Camila Arango Gaviria (Assistant Administrative),who is hired as another political favor as she is the niece of former President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo and who, also under threats of his power and closeness to the DSRSG, has already fired a driver and has threatened the driver who is currently using the drivers and Mission vehicles, official UN vehicles for personal use, for her and her dear mother, but nobody says anything because she is the protégé of a former President, now not to mention the bad conditions and the arbitrariness and illegality with which the mission drivers both at the HQ and in the regional offices, according to the order that says they come from human resources HR, no driver has the right to a decent work space like the other officials of the United Nations, the work space of the driver must be in the car,because they are contractors or Service Contract, but if they are obliged to comply with schedule, they are obliged to be available, they are obliged to answer calls and messages after their working hours, they are obliged to work on Saturdays or Sundays if It is up to them, without the right to be recognized overtime, night, holiday and Sunday surcharges, but for that, without the servitude of the United Nations and its officials, some must take courses, answer emails, text messages, WhatsApp, Signal from their own means because since they are not UN officials they do not have the same rights, they do not have the right to a desk or workplace because they are not Staff, but to step on and violate their rights if they are officials,to demand working hours from them even if they are a contractor if they are civil servants, people who have been in the United Nations for years and have not been able to get over it because there are no opportunities for them, but for those who lower their underwear, commit fraud, use the resources of the UN inappropriately, for them if there are congratulations, awards, promotions and greater opportunities for improvement.     

While the United Nations Sacks Chest for a failed peace process in Colombia, violates the rights of Colombians hired, enslaves, discriminates, despises personnel with low labor levels. no more opportunities.   [Various Inner City Press articles from the last month cited]

Finally, the journalist Matthew Russell Lee has all the information on these cases in Colombia and is the only one who has not been afraid to face them."

  Still no answer by Melissa Fleming (or UNCA) to this.

The earlier, still unanswered questions: "Dear Matthew,   I work in the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and would like to give an account of another cover-up of abuse by a senior UN official in the UN. Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary General in the mission has been having an affair with Ms. Daniela Vargas, a local staff member, since at least 2020.

After anonymous reporting in early 2022 to the Office of Internal Oversight Services, he rushed to New York to “voluntarily” declare the affair. What a coincidence!

After that, Ms. Vargas got a job in the Executive Office of the Secretary General. A P-3 or P-4 would have been investigated for an affair with a subordinate, but senior officials get away with anything.    If you decide to report it, I would appreciate if you do not show the email address." 

 Done. Dujarric did not answer in writing, nor at the subsequent noon briefing he, Guterres and Fleming ban Inner City Press from, while not answering this pro bono letter from a law firm.  Watch this site. 

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