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By Matthew Russell Lee, CJR PFT CEFC Video

UN GATE, March 14 – Antonio Guterres is killing the UN, including with his failure in Cameroon and elsewhere and his lawless censorship of Press, now at 900 days. He's put the UN in the Press Freedom Tracker, here. And so on 3 July 2019, this video, and this.

   The day after being targeted and roughed up by Guterres' guard Ronald E. Dobbins and another unnamed, Inner City Press went to the NYPD's 17th Precinct with its torn shirt and damaged laptop to file a complaint. At first it was told, flatly, that the UN is entirely immune. Then once they heard the story, the NYPD took down a complaint. But the UN including its "investigator" Ben Swanson of OIOS, shown here, have done nothing about it.

Swanson confirmed receipt, as with Inner City Press' formal written complaint about Guterres' financial failure to disclose and conflict of interest in banning Inner City Press, no action: "From: Ben Swanson <swanson1@un.org> Date: Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 1:34 AM Subject: Re: Informing OIOS of "REPORT OF PROHIBITED CONDUCT (HARASSMENT, ABUSE OF AUTHORITY) AND ‘FORMAL COMPLAINT’ SUBMITTED [ABOUT] SECRETARY GENERAL, MR ANTONIO GUTERRES, PURSUANT TO ST/SGB/2008/5" please confirm receipt and what OIOS does To: Matthew Lee @ Inner City Press Cc: FUNCA @ funca.info, Heidi Mendoza <mendozah@un.org>, Michelle Claudio <claudio@un.org>, Byung-Kun Min <min2@un.org>   Dear Mr Lee   Thank you for your email and attachments the contents of which have been noted and will be dealt with in accordance with our standard practices.    Ben Swanson  l  Director l  Investigations Division l Office of Internal Oversight Services  l  United Nations Headquarters New York l Office +1 212 963 0597 | Mobile +1 917 288 7459."

 And still now, nothing. The UN is entirely corrupt.

  Now still banned Inner City Press publishes this update on a complaint that Swanson and others earlier received - we publish now and ask later, as Guterres' Spokesman Dujarric has refused to answer Inner City Press' questions even on UN rapes, despite having promised on camera to answer questions, totally corrupt: "Date: Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 2:15 AM Subject: UNMIK D2 promotion for sexual abuses, frauds and continuous harassments - CMS Sandi Arnold To: <swanson1@un.org>, <saundersc@un.org>, <hochschild@un.org>, <lopez22@un.org>, <armstronge@un.org>, <controller@un.org>, <acabqinbox@un.org>, <ACABQ-BUF@unitednations.onmicrosoft.com>, <fsu@un.org>  Matthew Lee at InnerCityPress Good morning, I refer to the below e mail sent on July 20, 2020 to OIOS , Ethics ,Senior Management in HQ,  ACABQ and Fifth Committee.Despite so many evidences provided to the OIOS investigators with witnesses and proven facts, Ms. Arnold is still sitting and harassing Staff in UNMIK due to her position and the firm support of Senior Management in the Mission and HQ.It was not sufficient to prove to the investigators that she misused UN funds and benefits for her personal satisfaction and to please her Senior Management,  harassed Staff even sexually. It was also necessary  to let her continue to sit in HQ panels where she would let pass only her friends and persons indicated  by HQ, even external to the Organization that would have not passed the exams due to the high technical complexity that only UN experienced Staff would be able to respond . As announced by her to everybody in UNMIK,  she is also covering  the DSRSG functions at D2 level in UNMIK  due to the departure of Mr. Christopher Coleman sitting as Chair Person for COVID 19 Panel. The Mission has a COS D1 available and never been under investigation but no way for her. Nobody can stop Ms. Arnold due to her personal and UN gifts to Senior Management. They are abusing  the Delegation of Authority given to the Head of the Mission who is benefitting of her services  living in a very expensive villa mostly paid by the UN, with all maintenance and a personal maid at Office.Very soon she will get her SPA D2. Congratulations!She only remitted the stolen money for the airport allowances where she always had her personal driver, cook, home maid Mrs. Antigona Asslanaj, paid by the UN as National Staff.She will continue harassing anybody who is not in her special Team, even by phone, noting that she never paid  a single dollar for private calls as  all her friends and Senior Staff in UNMIK.You should understand that this situation will lead, soon or later, to an arrest by the Police or worst, suicides of her victims and you all will be responsible and accountable for.Imagine if you were her Staff and you were going through all the below. Think about it before it is too late.This letter will be shared at large."

On March 14, 2022, this: "Dear Matthew,  I would like to share with you the latest update in relation to the investigation for sexual abuses and frauds related to UNMIK CMS, Ms. Sandi Arnold. 

As per attached UNDT judgement. Ms. Arnold, has been suspended for three months with ALWP. Her corrupted circle in HQ and in the Mission allowed her to continue in her abuses and mismanagements for three years.  During this time she avenged big time against her potential accusers and continued in her nepotistic practice particularly for recruitments with HQ and the Mission.  The plan that DOS had in mind was to send her out of Kosovo, with promotion at D2 level, as Director of Mission Support in the Central African Republic. Her  protege Mr. Manuchekr Adilov P4 by grace of her, from UNMIK to MINUSCA in order to be protected by Anton Antchev. Post created for him as Ms. Arnold recruited the wife of Mr. Antchev in UNMIK. In view of her suspension, the best that was found for MINUSCA was to temporarily appoint an acting DMS, UN D1 retiree, Mr. Philip Compte who got the position only because a son of a UN Diplomat who helped late USG Da Costa in his career and was paid back for the support. Mr. Compte is only capable of bullying staff, taking pictures of the gardens, garbage bins in the compound and leakage of water at the toilets and concentrating a lot in his physical activities. Nothing else.  He replaced in MINUSCA another DMS who left a lot of memories and investigations, Mr. Milan Trojanovic who had the only merit to recruit former Yugoslavia National Staff and to be declared many times persona non grata due to racism and abuse of power.     The below text was also sent to all CMSs, DMSs, SRSGs and Senior Management in HQ.     Please disseminate this message in order for other to understand how corrupt this system is. 

MAIL SENT TO ALL CMSs, DMSs, SRSGs and Top Management in HQ  Good afternoon to All,  I would like to inform you that after more than three years of investigations, pervaded by stratagem of masking gross mis-managements, frauds, sexual abuses and witness harassment, Ms. Sandi Arnold has been suspended for three months following the recent OIOS report.  

  Ms Arnold’s suspension had been deliberately delayed by her cronies in the Mission Area and at HQ that are obligated to her for their nepotistic recruitment, gifts and favours bestowed upon them by Ms. Arnold. The former SRSG was unable to control, nor reprimand Ms Arnold’s violations of basic work ethics and abuses of authority  for years due to her connections at  HQ.  

  Her biggest ally and intimate friend, Ms. Anne Marie Van den Berg, Director of Supply Chain Management in DOS has for years sponsored useless and costly processes and projects including hiring additional staff for a Mission that had only reductions in the areas of activities since the past 20 years. She had the collusion of other corrupted actors including some CMSs and DMSs in other Missions that were strategically placed and would receive favours particularly through the rostering exercises.  

  To mention a few, Mrs. Katerina Maximova, the wife of the Director of Mission Support in MINUSMA , Mali (Mr. Anton Antchev), got placement as a P4 Audit Response Cell in UNMIK so she could micro-manage Ms Arnold’s negative audits (better to have a close ally to deal with negative audits).  Mr. Antchev was recently declared persona non grata by the host government of Mali for racism.  

  Ms. Arnold has also imposed a ‘gender balance’ recruitment policy of women especially those that she has had a sexual relationship with or that she is attracted to. Gender balance works only for her interest and nobody from SRSG DSRSG level, DOS and FPD were able to say something about for as they didn’t want to fall foul of this corrupted circle. Her special attentiveness to young female UNVs has to be seen with an  optic lens perspective that whoever slept with her would get a post and/or a promotion.  

 The  UNV at Mitrovica Office was placed in an office in Pristina at a level of a D1. Ms. Krista Kimber from P3 seconded from Civpol  to UNMIK Senior Police Adviser. Mrs. Emma Hibbling should be investigated as well for being complicit through her failure to conduct investigation of reported cases of abuses of authority.

Her reward for covering up these abuses of authority is that she  got a D1 promotion as Chief of Service Legal Affairs. Mr. Manuchekhr Adilov, (Ms. Arnold’s ‘body guard’ and protégée) who got promoted by her from FS5 to P4 should also be investigated for his abuse of authority as well as for his  verbal, and particularly his physical aggression towards other staff. Mr Adilov and Ms. Arnold have previously worked together at UNMISS (South Sudan). Her personal assistant Mrs. Antigona Asllanaj – Isufi, if anything often served as Ms. Arnold’s personal maid for all her private matters at  work and at home. She even kept  the UN vehicle assigned to the CMS at her house even when the CMS was on leave and got her husband a very nice job at UNDP, thanks to the Director of UNDP Ms. Ulrike.  

   If the investigation were to  extend to  Ms. Arnold`s personal life and  anybody in Marigona compound where she lives were consulted, they would almost certainly comment about her personal frequentations including minors. More could be obtained from the CCTV camera. Ms. Arnold’s attitude to joke about sex and to make statements laced with sexual innuendos including her frequent mention of vulgarities that can never be tolerated in any work environment especially in the UN, was the normal routine in UNMIK. 

   Further, her so  called ‘incredible results’ at work are not of  her own effort, but rather she takes credit for the work of others. She has no shame to ask for appreciation and adulation for results that are simply a waste of resources for the Organization such as the welfare area at UNMIK. In the years that she has been CMS at UNMIK she has spent millions of dollars for TDY for friends, projects for the benefit of the proprietor of UNMIK HQ  and  obtained visibility for her corrupted female oriented recruitment.  

  The purpose of this mail is to confirm our firm intention to get justice for all the abuses she committed that must be sanctioned only with her dismissal. Further, it needs to be noted that whilst the investigation and consequent suspension of Mr. Hochshild took one year, for Ms. Arnold it took more than three years to get her suspended, during  which time  she revenged big time against her potential accusers.  The persons which were complicit  in her acts of abuse and corruption should be also followed and investigated. As Staff we cannot tolerate this type of abuses any longer and it should be a lesson learnt to CMSs and DMSs in future." Today's UN of Guterres is corrupt.

Dujarric has not answered this or any other corruption related question from banned Inner City Press, nor those on Cameroon and other topics. And those he allowed in "his" briefing room did not ask. Inner City Press has published the CEFC document listing Sachs' role, here on Scribed, here for download on Patreon.

Need for UN Audit Shown By ... by on Scribd

Three years ago Macau based businessman Ng Lap Seng was arrested and charged with bribing UN General Assembly President Josh Ashe and others, though Sun Kian Ip Foundation and other groups still in the UN. Ng was convicted of multiple violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and money laundering. But the issue of faux NGO purchase of the UN hasn't gone away. In fact, a second UN bribery case ended this week in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York with seven guilty verdicts.

In this second case, Patrick Ho was found guilty of seven of eight counts of FCPA and month laundering. (He was only not guilty on money laundering in Chad - where the bribe was not through any US bank but in cash, $2 million in a gift box). The evidence showed that the NGO he ran, China Energy Fund Committee, used its ongoing UN consultative status to pay bribes to Ugandan foreign minister - and Ashe's successor as President of the UN General Assembly -- Sam Kutesa. He was working with precedessor Vuk Jeremic while Jeremic was UN PGA. CEFC even offered weapons, tanks and drones, to Chad's long time president Idriss Deby for oil blocks or a stake in the Chad Cameroon pipeline. (Inner City Press published documents here.)

The night of the verdict I asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres what he will do to clean up the UN, where he has left CEFC without any audit, still in consultative status with the UN. On his way from his Mercedes to a glitzy fundraiser including George and Amal Clooney, Guterres refused to answer. The next day when asked by another journalist why Guterres had refused to answer banned Inner City Press' question, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric claimed that the UN has “cooperated” with the prosecution. But the bribery group remains in the UN, unaudited.

Why has the case of US versus Ho, and now the guilty verdicts, garnered relatively so little interest, with the corruption of the UN exposed by it scarcely mentioned all? SG Guterres is hoping it goes away. In terms of corruption, he did not disclose and refuses to answer on the African business links of his son Pedro Guimarães e Melo De Oliveira Guterres...

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