| After Russia Says No
Unequivocal Armenia Support ICRC Reports
Carnage in Nagorno
By Matthew
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UN GATE, October
2 – Amid a re-heating of the
frozen conflict between
Azerbaijan and Armenia in
Nagorno-Karabakh, on October 1
Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily
Nebenzia held a press
conference - but banned the
Press.
In the
presser, with his state media,
Ambassador Nebenzia said while
Turkey unequivocally supports
Armenia, Russia does not
unequivocally support Armenia.
Video here
on Twitter, here
on YouTube.
Now on
October 2, ICRC says reports
of hundreds of homes and
civilian infrastructure such
as schools and hospitals
destroyed by heavy
artillery. Where
buildings have been damaged,
people are exposed to the
dangers of unexploded
ordnances.
This new upheaval comes at the
onset of winter, with children
just weeks into their school
term and when people are
already trying to protect
themselves and their families
from the effects of the
coronavirus
pandemic.
“People have been in touch
with the ICRC who are
terrified for themselves and
their families and at a loss
as to where to go or what to
do to stay safe. They are
caught in the crossfire and
deeply fearful for their
safety and future. We are
committed to helping all those
who are feeling the impact of
this escalation in violence.
We call on the sides to
protect civilians and the key
infrastructure and services
they need to survive, and
abide by their obligations
under international
humanitarian law,” said Martin
Schüepp, ICRC’s Eurasia
regional director in
Geneva.
The ICRC is extremely worried
that the current turmoil and
displacement may lead to a
surge of COVID-19 cases due to
people taking refuge in
shelters for hours or being
accommodated in communal
buildings or places with
inadequate sanitation.
Inner City
Press which has covered this
conflict for the past decade,
had a question to ask. But
unlike retirees it was not
sent the WebEx code, and
Russian Mission spokesman Fedor
Strzhizhovskiy
did not answer
Inner City
Press' two
emails with
questions.
Now Turkish
state media -
allowed in -
has reported
that "The
Turkish
foreign
minister on
Thursday
discussed with
his Russian
counterpart
the ongoing
Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict, a
diplomatic
source
said. In
a phone,
Mevlut
Cavusoglu told
Sergei Lavrov
that a
cease-fire has
no meaning
without a
permanent
solution --
end of
Armenian
occupation --
to the Upper
Karabakh
dispute, the
insider said."
Yeah, "in a
phone." This
is pathetic.
The
flare up
is
not surprising with Turkish
hatchetman Volkan Bozkir atop
the General Assembly, saying
nothing and blocking the Press
that asks.
So too
Antonio Guterers, who after
pouring gasoline on the
conflict in Cameroon on
September 28 through his
censoring spokesman Stephane
Dujarric said he was calling
both sides. He is an
ineffectual fraud - but paid
propagandists allowed into
Dujarric's briefing asking him
to denounce Armenia. Today's
UN is for sale to the highest
bidder.
On
September 25 and 26, amid
continuing censorship, there
were rights of reply. On the
25th, Azerbaijan trashing
Armenia, and India versus
Pakistan, which was the
first to descend into citing
the Nazis.
On the
26th, after the speech of
Belarus, replies by Armenia
against Azerbaijan, and
Indonesia - which blocks Inner
City Press on Twitter -
bullying Vanuatu for daring to
mention West Papua. This is
today's UN - totally corrupt.
Third
minute Inner City Press video
here.
Back on
September 22, Trump was short
and to the point, starting off
with the China virus and
China's emission and attacks
on the sea rights of others.
Six minutes - triggering those
who hate him to say it was
short.
Xi's
Ambassador Zhang Jun has yet
to answer Inner City Press'
September 21 questions
about the use of his consulate
to handle NYPD Officer Angwang
to spy in Tibetan New Yorkers,
and China's role in Guterres
banning Inner City Press from
the UN.
Instead, on
September 22 Zhang Jun
@ChinaAmbUN blocked Inner City
Press on Twitter, photo here.
Annals of Chinese diplomacy.
Nevertheless,
here's from Zhang Jun's
immediate right of reply, also
immediately published by
in-house blue passed media,
which it seems didn't ask
Zhang Jun about "officer"
Angwang: "China will exercise
the right of reply in
accordance with the rules of
the UN General Assembly to
state its solemn
position. The US noise
is incompatible with the
general atmosphere of the
General Assembly.... China’s
important contribution to the
global fight against the
pandemic is highly recognized
and commended by the
international community, a
fact that no one can deny.
However, what is happening in
this country is a complete
failure.... Some US
politicians’ attempt of
blame-shifting and
scapegoating will not get back
the time lost or solve any
problem. It is time that they
wake up from their
self-created illusions and
fictions."
And bribe the Secretary
General and others - and block
the Press that asks about it!
From
2006 into 2018, Inner City
Press closely covered each
UNGA week from inside the UN,
asking questions in the UN
Press Briefing Room (which
which France once threatened
to use Secretary General
Antonio Guterres' spokesman
Stephane Dujarric to have it
removed and its accreditation
pulled).
Inner City
Press on September 5, 2020
submitted a formal application
to cover this 2020 UNGA,
including for access to the
UN' online briefings, to ask
questions about such crises as
Cameroon, Yemen and China's
expansionism. Receipt was
confirmed: photo here.
Past 11 pm
on September 20, hours before
the UN's "The World We Want"
event, the UN emailed Inner
City Press that its
application was "declined for
the following reason" - BLANK.
Photo here.
This is
how arrogant today's UN is
with the public's money, and
the contempt the UN has for
due process, freedom of the
press and other principles
mouthed by Guterres and his
gang. This is the World They
Want - a world without
criticism of them, without
critics, where they can take
bribes and cover up rapes with
impunity.
There was
further evidence on September
19-20: Inner City Press' IP
address was suddenly blocked
from accessing the UN's
websites, article here,
video demonstration here.
We'll have more on this.
Guterres'
chief propagandist Melissa
Fleming, spending public money
on a vanity podcast while
refusing questions about what
the UN actually, wants to
limit physical entry into the
UN building to so-called
"resident correpondents." But
even if that were legitimate
(it is not), there is no
reason to similarly limit
access to online briefings.
The IMF doesn't - Inner City
Press is given the codes and
asks questions and get
answers.
Thin
skinned Guterres is abusing
his position to block the
Press from covering actual
leaders. So what will member
states and the UN's ultimate
funders do? We will continue
reporting. Watch this site.
Most
resident correspondents write
nothing, or only propaganda.
And who will decide on these
"very limited non-resident"
[sic] who will be allowed in?
This is the beginning of a
series. Thread
here.
The
censored UNGA Week will be
even more lame than usual,
with most speeches - other
than Trump's? - by video.
Still in the first morning
there are China and Russia,
Qatar, Morocco and Iran.
Cameroon's dictator Paul Biya,
supported in his killing like
many others by Guterres, is on
Friday September 24.
Yet only
the same old retirees and
state media will be allowed
in, they say. Inner City Press
will have more on this.
Earlier on
September 1 Inner City Press
wrote to the Niger Mission, as
incoming UN Security Council
president, with questions
about Cameroon, Somalia and
UNsexploitation.
The email
address on the Niger Mission's
UN web page did not work; it
bounced back. A Direct Message
on Twitter to @Niger_ONU was
not answered.
This as Sani I.
Mahamadou, Deputy Chief of
Staff to Niger's president,
bragged online of a "Very big
day for Niger, who begins his
month of presidency of the
United Nations Security
Council." They're off to a
terrible start.
Apparently
Niger PR Abdou Abarry could
only handle questions from
pre-screened in-house
correspondents, one of whose
media has no
story by her since
2017, another with
no stories at all, at
least one - actually, more --
a repeated #MeToo violator.
Periscope here.
Niger has
not said a word about the
slaughter in Cameroon, nor
about the UN Peacekeeping
sexploitation exposed by Inner
City Press.
The
Program belatedly went up -
with countries on which Niger
ignored and censored
questions: Myanmar, Somalia,
where UNMAS sent local staff
to be killed, and Colombia and
South Sudan. There will be
Francophonie on September 8.
We have now written directly
to the Mission's 404 spokesman
- and will have more on this.
When Guterres'
spokes- / hatchetman Stephane
Dujarric holds his noon
briefings this week while
refusing all questions from
Inner City Press despite an on
camera promise.
Again, what will member states
and the UN's ultimate funders
do? We'll report.
Watch this site.
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