UNITED NATIONS
GATE, July 30
– How corrupt
is UN Secretary
General
Antonio
Guterres?
Unlike
officials from
Bill De
Blasio to
Donald Trump
to Corey
Johnson,
Guterres
refuses to say
where he goes,
much less
how much it costs.
For days Inner City
Press asked
him and his
spokesmen in writing
if he would
go to on July
30 to the
Morocco
National Day
at the
Intercontinental
Hotel on 48th
Street or to
Security
Council
president Peru's
shindig at its
residence at
45 East 67th
Street. No
answer at all,
just as there
was no answer
from Guterres on
child rape by
his
peacekeeper
from Morocco
in the DRC for
three days.
On July 30
after a full
day covering
the SDNY
courthouse which saw
the conviction
of UN briber
CEFC China
Energy links
with which
Guterres is
covering up,
Inner City
Press went to
the
Intercontinental
and live-streamed,
Periscopes here, YouTube now here. It
turns out only
equally
corrupt Deputy
Amina J.
Mohammed went
there - Guterres
went to Peru,
so desperate
is he for a
second term.
But he continues
to serve Morocco, even now has
he has disappeared
on August 2 and
August
5. Inner City
Press has twice asked
him in
writing about
the crackdown
after the
African Cup of
Nations - no
answer. Now this,
from
Amnesty: "The
Moroccan
authorities
must
impartially
and
effectively
investigate
the use of
excessive
force by the
security
forces against
Sahrawi
protesters in
Laayoune who
were
celebrating
Algeria’s
football
victory in the
Africa Cup of
Nations on 19
July, said
Amnesty
International
today.
The
organization
has verified
video footage
and gathered
witness
testimony
indicating
that security
forces, who
were heavily
present on the
streets and in
cafés during
the football
match, used
excessive
force,
throwing rocks
to disperse
the crowds of
demonstrators
and sparking
clashes.
According to
two
eyewitnesses,
Sabah Njourni
a 24-year-old
woman, was
killed after
she was mowed
down by two
Moroccan
auxiliary
force cars." We'll
have more on
this.
For the good of
the UN, for
the good of
civilians
all over the
world, it
should be
denied.
Guterres is
corrupt.
Inner
City Press on July 5
was banned from
entering the UN, the
day after it filed a
criminal complaint
against UN Security
for physically
removing it from
covering the meeting
about the UN
Secretary General
Antonio Guterres'
$6.7 billion
peacekeeping budget,
as witnessed and
essentially cheered
on by senior UN
official Christian
Saunders, tearing
its reporter's
shirt, painfully and
intentionally
twisting his arm and
slamming shut and
damaging his laptop.
On August 17,
Guterres' Global
Communicator Alison
Smale issued a
letter banning Inner
City Press from the
UN - for life. With
no due process. She
and Guterres have
put the UN in the US
Press Freedom
Tracker, here.
Smale said,
again, that the UN
would answer Press
questions to the
Spokesman Stephane
Dujarric and his
Office;
Dujarric said
the same on
camera.
On July 30 more
than two
hours before the
UN noon
briefing by Deputy Farhan
Haq, whose
July 26
briefing
had no
questions,
video here,
and who on
July 30
fielded
uninformed
follow up
questions
first from a censorship
partner on a faux
expose
--
Dujarric is
away on
vacation for
the whole
month of July
--
Inner
City Press submitted 1085
questions,
including why
it continues
to be
lawlessly banned
from entering
to ask
questions in
person:
"There
are more than
700+
questions
UNanswered.
And Monday
Sept 17,
Tuesday Sept
18, Wed Sept
19 and
Thurs and Fri
Sept 21, that
whole week, no
questions
answered. Nor
Sept 25, nor
28th - nor
October 2 nor
3. While
appreciating
and using what
was belatedly
sent on
May 20
about sexual
exploitation
allegations
and on March
28 in partial
request to
Inner City
Press'
questions
about the UN
bribery
sentence of
Patrick Ho of
CEFC and
CEFC's 2018
attempt to buy
the oil
company of
Gulbenkian
Foundation
which paid the
SG, no answers
on Dec 17 or
18 or 19 or 20
or 21 -
another FIVE
days in a row,
even as SG's
direct
conflicts of
interest and
failure to
disclose
emerge, and a
newest low. No
answers on
January 30 nor
31 nor
February 1 nor
4 nor 5 nor 6
nor 7 nor 11
nor 12 nor 13
nor 14 nor 15
nor 18 nor 19
nor 20 nor 21
nor 22 nor 25
nor 26 nor 27
nor March 1 -
27 (!) And now April 1, 3-30 (one
answer
in the
entire month -
corrupt), and
now May
1-13, 15-17,
21-31,
June
3-28,
and July 1-2,
8-29
many
questions.
No answers at
all during
those four
days of the US
v Ho trial
showing
corruption in
the UN says it
all. This ban
is just
censorship -
and Inner City
Press must be
allowed back
into the noon
briefing to
ask its
questions in
person and
follow up on
them.
July
30-1: On
Western Sahara
and China,
what is the
SG's belated
comment and
action if any
on that
Sinochem
Corporation, a
Chinese
conglomerate
engaged in the
production and
trading of
chemicals and
fertilizer,
has received
complaints
against its
"illegal,
unethical and
immoral import
of stolen
phosphate
cargoes from
the occupied
territories of
Western
Sahara"?
Sinochem Group
is a major
customer of
the Office
Cherifien des
Phosphates
(OCP). In
October 2017,
OCP and
Sinochem
signed a
five-year
agreement
giving,
allowing the
Chinese firm
to get 5
million tons
of Moroccan
phosphates.
And why has
Guterres still
no amended his
online
financial
disclosure
covering 2016
to correct the
omission of
funds from
Gulbenkian
which tried to
sell its oil
company Partex
to UN bribery
firm CEFC
China
Energy?
July
30-2: On
Children and
Armed
Conflict, what
is the SG's
response to
Ms. Gamba
telling member
states that it
was his Chef
de Cabinet
Viotti who
suggested
listing NATO?
And why is the
Office trying
to make
Myanmar look
better given
its abuse of
children,
including
Rohingya
children?
July
30-3: On
transparency
and to assess
even-handedness,
please
immediately
confirm or
deny that SG
Guterres will
attended the
Morocco
National Day
on July 30,
and if he will
attend the
UNSC End of
Presidency
reception at
the Peruvian
PR's
residence.
Also, when and
to where will
Guterres be
disappearing
on his
vacation - as
Trump, De
Blasio and
others
publicly
disclose - and
how much will
it cost the
public?
July
30-4: On
Morocco and
Western Sahara
/ MINURSO,
again, what is
the comment of
the SG on that
on 19 July,
when Sahrawi
football fans
flooded the
wide Smara
Boulevard, the
main route
through
Laayoune, the
territory’s
largest
city...
security
forces fired
tear gas and
rubber
bullets, and
used water
cannons? And
what is the
status of
Colin Stewart
and what staff
tell Inner
City Press
are
harassment
charges
against
him?
July
30-5: On
Cameroon,
after the SG
took Biya's
golden statue
and UN Budget
Committee
favors, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
from him and
separately DSG
Amina J.
Mohammed on
the protests
on July 22 by
those
Ambazonians
illegally
detained in
Kondengui
Central
Prison? And
the protests
since then,
amid the SG's
typical
silence, in
the prisons in
Buea?
July
30-6: On press
freedom and
Tanzania, what
is the SG's
comment and
action if any
on that police
in Tanzania
say
investigative
journalist
Erick
Kabendera was
forcefully
arrested at
his home on
Monday
afternoon
because he
declined to
come in for
questioning.
At a press
conference in
Dar es Salaam,
the city’s
police chief
Lazaro
Mambosasa,
said Mr
Kabendera had
refused to
comply with a
letter asking
him to report
to
police.
The police
commander was
vague about
why the
journalist was
wanted for
questioning,
saying it was
to do with his
work and
“identity”.
The hashtag
#FreeErickKabendera
has been
trending all
day.
Before he was
taken into
custody
Vodacom was
ordered by the
Tanzania
Communication
Regulatory
Authority
(TCRA) to jam
his
line.
His phone and
that of his
wife were also
confiscated...
Now that the
US Court of
Appeals for
the Second
Circuit has
ruled against
public
officials
blocking
critics on
Twitter even
if the
official
claims their
account is
private, what
is the
justification
for UNSG
Spokesperson
Stephane
Dujarric, with
the UN flag in
his profile
photo and
Guterres
promoting
content,
blocking Inner
City Press?
What is SG
Guterres'
response /
reaction to UN
DSS and
Guterres'
actions on
Inner City
Press being listed
in the U.S.
Press Freedom
Tracker.
In the UN,
what has the
accountability
been for Lt
Ronald E.
Dobbins and
those those
refused on
camera to give
their names?
What is each
of yours -
particularly
the SG's -
response to
the letter
written and
sent by
Burundi
activist
Manisha
Lievin? To the
April 15
letter to the
SG, DSG and
USG Smale for
which receipt
has not even
been
acknowledged,
other than a
single lawless
line from
MALU: "Your
media
accreditation
request, with
reference no:
M66561081, has
been
declined"?
This is a
formal request
for the UN's
explanation of
grounds for
this denied,
and since
SGcentral, the
SG's chief of
staff and
Deputy SG and
USG Smale
haven't even
confirmed
receipt of the
April 15
letter much
less
responded, for
reconsideration.
AGAIN,
immediately
explain how it
is legitimate
to ban from
enter into the
UN the media
that has been
asking about
these and
other
questions,
with no
hearing or
appeal.
June
14-5: Since
the SG claimed
publicly that
the mansion he
lives in
"cannot" be
sold, please
immediately
provide any
and all
documents with
such a
restriction,
and separately
explain why
the concept of
cy pres or
reformation of
donor intent
has not been
explored.
Separately,
Boutros
Boutros Galli
wrote in his
book that the
building was
given by
Arthur
Houghton
through the
United Nations
Association of
the USA. What
actual
inquires, with
UNA-USA or any
successor to
Houghton or
Corning Glass,
has Guterres
made?
June
11-1: On
Cameroon, what
is the SG's
comment and
action if any
on this report
from Chinese
state media:
"YAOUNDE, June
10 (Xinhua) --
Cameroon's
House Speaker
of National
Assembly
Cavaye Yeguie
Djibril on
Monday
denounced
foreign
interference
in the
country's
internal
affairs which
he referred to
as
"conspiracy."
"Cameroon has
become an
object of
conspiracy
intended to
destabilize
the country.
To justify
their
interference
in internal
affairs, the
conspirators
pretend to
denounce it."
Again, how
many offices /
desk does the
Secretariat
give to
Chinese state
media inside
the UN?
May
15-3: On the
Public
Financial
Disclosures
for 2017
belatedly
published over
the weekend of
April 27-28,
please state
why Mohammed
Ibn Chambas,
like the
Executive
Secretary of
the UN
Biodiversity
Convention,
Cristiana
Paşca-Palmer,
UNICEF's
Henriette
Fore, with
documented
links to
ExxonMobil and
others, USG
Mark Lowcock
(undisclosed
while the
Secretariat's
speaker at the
UNSC Arria on
Cameroon),
UNCTAD's
Mukhisa
Kituyi, UN
Women's
Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka,
UNOG chief
Michael
Moller, UNDP
chief Achim
Steiner,
Heidi Mendoza,
Adama Dieng,
UN Security
chief Peter
Drennan,
Rosemary
DiCarlo and
Nicholas
Haysum, is not
even on the
list. OIOS
chief
Inga-Britt
Ahlenius
reported - why
not Mendoza?
Where IS
Mendoza? Isn't
it a bad
practice for
the UN's head
(anti)
genocide
definition
official to
conceal from
the public
even cursory
financial
disclosure?
Did DiCarlo
decline to
make any
public
disclosure
despite being
the UN's top
political
officer? What
is the even
plausible
applicability
of this line
from SG
Guterres' web
page: "Please
note that
given the
multi-cultural
environment of
the UN and the
often security
sensitive
locations
where UN staff
are either
working or
come from,
full public
disclosure may
not always be
a viable or
sensible
option for
certain staff
members"? Why
has Guterres
changed the
previous
system in a
which a
"choosing not
to disclose"
statement was
upload and
listed, to one
which helps
conceal who
reports and
who does
not?
Again, state
why
considering
the UN bribery
conviction of
Patrick Ho of
CEFC, and
CEFC's attempt
to purchase
the oil
company of
Gulbenkian
Foundation
which paid Mr.
Guterres in
2016 was
omitted from
his online
public
financial
disclosure
covering 2016,
and why
Guterres has
not even
started an
audit of CEFC
in the
UN.
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