| UN Sexploitation in UN
Vehicle Leaked to Inner City Press Now Litmus
Test For Officials and States
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
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Source
UN GATE, June 24
– The United Nations claims to
have a zero tolerance for
sexual exploitation by its
staff and peacekeepers, but
routinely covers up their
abuses including the rape of
children, withholding basic
information which was provided
to the Press under Ban Ki-moon
but not now under Antonio
Guterres.
Inner City Press, which
Guterres has banned from the
UN for 721 days as it asks
about these and his abuses, on
June 23 received from outraged
UN whistleblowers video of
sexual exploitation, they
said, in a white UN-marked
vehicle, here.
Now Instagram,
Facebook.
UN member
states talk a lot about zero
tolerance, and press freedom.
Inner City Press sent formal
request for action on the
video, and on Guterres' 722
day long ban on Inner City
Press, to countries' UN
mission, including twice to
those of France, Germany,
Belgium and UK. From others,
so far this, from Denmark:
"Thank you for contacting the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Denmark. The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs must inform
you that your enquiry will be
processed and filed in the
Ministry." And?
Inner City
Press after inquiries uploaded
the video and many hours ago
asked Guterres, his head of
communications Melissa
Fleming, spokesman Stephane
Dujarric and some 30 UN system
officials about it: "This is a
formal request for UNSG
Guterres' comment and action
on the video Inner City Press
has just uploaded of UN sexual
exploitation in a UN marked
vehicle, here
as well as
on the June 22 admission
by Sri Lanka former PR Kohona
that his country led a
campaign to get Inner City
Press ousted and banned from
the UN after it reported on
mass killings in Sri Lanka, as
Inner City Press was also
doing as to Cameroon when your
UN banned it now for 721 day.
What is the appeals process?
On deadline." Now
by the next day, no response
from these UN officials,
except this from UN Special
Rapporteur on Freedom of
Expression: "Your message
couldn't be delivered to
[David A. Kaye] because it
exceeds the size limit."
Ironic. Inner City Press has
sent out and will send out
many more requests for
response and action. Watch
this site.
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