| In UN 1-Man Election
Guterres Grabbed 5 More Years Then Lied to
Staff While Banning Press
By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 19 – After a
one-man election campaign,
with at least seven opposition
candidates entirely blocked,
Antonio Guterres was coronated
to another term as UN
Secretary General on June 18.
Inner City Press,
banned from the UN by Guterres
for 1082 days and counting,
live tweeted it here
and below and podcast here)
Guterres turned
about with a canned statement
to staff, which Inner City
Press now publishes:
"Subject: Letter
from the SG to All UN staff
members - Re-appointment ||
Lettre du Secrétaire général à
l'ensemble du personnel -
Réélection
[Version française
ci-dessous] Dear
Colleagues,
On the occasion of my
reappointment as
Secretary-General, I wanted to
reach out to you personally
with my profound gratitude and
appreciation for all you do
every day around the
globe. The
past year has been very
difficult for our world and
for the essential and enduring
mission of the United Nations.
However, even as you dealt
with new and difficult
situations, you rose to the
challenge in remarkable ways
and the work of the United
Nations did not miss a beat .
[Like, beating up journalists
inside the UN, here].
I am
humbled to hold the office of
the Secretary-General for
another five years, and
forever grateful to be your
colleague in serving the
world’s people." Like the
Anglophones killed in
Cameroon? JOH's victims in
Honduras? Yemenis, Haitians
and the children whose rapes
the UN has covered up? Watch
this site.
From June 18,
UNGA: Asia Pacific Group
speaker says it made it easier
that there was only one
candidate (allowed)
African Group speaker does not
mention Antonio Guterres
shameless records on the
killings in Cameroon, nor the
serious questions about
discrimination raised by UN
staff, here.
Now Slovakia for
Eastern European Group
says
@AntonioGuterres has
countered sexual exploitation
and abuse (while Guterres
covered up for Hochschild, and
withholding peacekeeper rape
info); claims "openness"
though Inner City Press banned
1082 days &
counting Now
Costa Rica for "GRULAC" (Latin
America and Caribbean Group)
cites Antonio Guterres '
"attention to detail" - some
say, mostly on retaliation and
targeted censorship and ban of
Press asking questions, here.
Now an active
co-conspirator in the 1-man
election, Barbara Woodward
of @UKUN_NewYork
who as UNSC President refused
to circulate or even
acknowledge opposition
candidates' submissions to
her, and kept Press banned, so
no questions on Cameroon,
praises
@AntonioGuterres
Speaking
for @USUN "host
country" (which for now does
not uphold US First Amendment
at the UN in NYC), it's
not @LindaT_G (who
was at the #Juneteenth
announcement in DC), rather
it's Jeffrey DeLaurentis,
who's been directly told of SG
censorship - and?
Now speech by
Portugal, which foisted
@AntonioGuterres on the
UN (and victimized countries
like Cameroon & Honduras
& #
Yemen & Haiti) for now
more than five years. It is
shameful that all opposition
candidacies were thrown in the
garbage can. Scrutiny
needed
Now this UNGA
1-candidate coronation "by
acclamation" is over. Inner
City Press is now going to
cover actual news
@SDNYLIVE court - but
will have more on the need for
increased scrutiny of and
accountability from the
UN
Afterwards,
Guterres took five hand-picked
questions, one in Portuguese
(a second answer, he started
in Portuguese), then concluded
claiming he is committed to
press freedom - this while
banning critical Inner City
Press from the UN and its
briefings for 1082 days and
counting. This cannot stand.
Watch this site
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