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UN GATE, March 31 – In the United Nations, a list of speakers for the UN General Assembly week Sept 22-29 was released, photo here.

  On September 14, the day before Volkan Bozkir took over as President of the General Assembly, Inner City Press wrote to his spokesperson Brenden Varma asking who pays Bozkir's staff. Varma blocked Inner City Press on Twitter.

  And on March 31 while Bozkir still blocks the Press and candidates, and refuses to answer who pays his staff, this: "Bozkır will travel to Turkey, Qatar and Azerbaijan, from 1 to 12 April.    In Ankara, the President will be received by H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, and hold separate bilateral meetings with H.E. Mr. Mustafa Şentop, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly, and H.E. Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu... In Doha, the President is expected to be received by H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, and plans to meet separately with H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs.  In Baku, the President is expected to be received by H.E. Mr. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and hold meetings with H.E. Mr. Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and H.E. Ms. Sahiba Gafarova, Chair of the Parliament (Milli Majlis)."

When Varma announced this, no one had any questions. On who pays his staff, did anyone ask Bozkir, other than Inner City Press who is blocked from entry and whose letter and C.V. to force a debate Bozkir blocks? Today's UN is corrupt.

And, look again at  who has funded Bozkir's office (which still hides who gets this and other money) - his Turkey, a two dip from briber China, a bit from Austria, and totally inappropriately during a heated up war, Azerbaijan, for $100,000 - and now $150,000 from Kuwait:

October 2020      State of Kuwait General administrative, logistical and management support  USD 150,000

October 2020      Republic of  Azerbaijan       USD 100,000 September 2020     

Austria  USD 11,862 (estimated exchange)

September 2020      The People’s Republic of China       USD 200,000

The People’s Republic of China USD 100,000

August 2020     Turkey      USD 600,000

  Did Bozkir hit up Armenia? Varma won't answer, blocks Press. But he threw Guterres under the bus on November 9, saying Bozkir only delayed confirming Biden until Guterres agreed to - Bozkir has his own Turkish money, Guterres is still working for bribes. Watch this site.

 On October 23 Varma went public with a failure by Bozkir: he couldn't even get a meeting with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. He asked, two weeks ago, and was turned down.

  While the zombies the UN lets in to ask question didn't make the connection, back in May 2020 Inner City Press exclusively reported that "Volkan Bozkir is best known for saying, after "drag queen" Conchita Wurst's Eurovision win, "Thank God we no longer participate in Eurovision."

Bozkir the Bigot has now brought the UN into further disrepute. And that's saying something.

  It is time for the UN to leave New York. Also, it is time for Bozkir to step down. He is not representing, and cannot represent, the UNGA. Video here.

  Now while refusing all of Inner City Press' written questions about it while entertaining Al Jazeera's questions, it emerges that Bozkir took $500,000 from Qatar - for what? - and still refuses to disclose who works for him, much less who pays them. Interim profiles here (Toni-Shae Freckleton, and Inga Kanchaveli) and here (Nehali Anupriya - nepotism). Inner City Press should be immediately admitted for UNGA 2020 and electronic briefings.

   Ghoulishly, while blocking Inner City Press and refusing its question about PGA Office transparency, Varma bragged that the Office's 33 staff come from 30 countries - but the link was blocked to Inner City Press' IP address. Still, for now we have this (Turkey-heavy) list, and the "Ethics" page still doesn't say who pays them. They should be ashamed and we'll have more on this, and these: "Tegan Brink, Chef de Cabinet, SENIOR CABINET Farrukh Khan, Deputy Chef de Cabinet; Oncu Keceli [Turkish], Deputy Chef de Cabinet; Ceren Ozgur Senior Political Adviser [Turkish dipomat]; Alexandre Stutzmann, Special Adviser, UN 75 Strategy & Implementation

ADMINISTRATION Faisal Ibrahim, Special Adviser to the Chef de Cabinet & Head of Administration; Keithlin Caroo, Personal Assistant to the President of the General Assembly; Evelyn Ojwang, Executive Assistant to the Chef de Cabinet; Meriem Heddache, Administrative Assistant

COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA Brenden Varma, Director of Communications & Spokesperson [censor]; Orla Murphy, Speechwriter; Amy Quantrill, Deputy Spokesperson & Lead Speechwriter [paid for by UK?]; Carl Mercer, Communications Adviser & Speechwriter; Denise Kling, Communications Adviser; Nevena Toaso, UN75 Communications & Events

PEACE AND SECURITY Saada Hassan, Team Leader; Woo-jung Han, Senior Adviser; Hanizah Mohd Izzuddin, Adviser; Muhammed Enes Uslu, Adviser

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Toni-Shae Freckleton, Team Leader; LIU Shaoxuan, Adviser; Mohammed Shaker, Adviser; Sara Al Ahmed, Adviser; Nehali Anupriya, Adviser

HUMAN RIGHTS [ha] & HUMANITARIAN Hila Wesa, Team Leader; Gail Farngalo, Senior Adviser and Gender Equality Lead; Igor Bondiuk Adviser' Anna Fritzsche Adviser

REFORM [ha], LEGAL AND BUDGET Fernando Marani, Team Leader & Chief Legal Adviser [that's a laugh - open censorship]; Peter Stone Senior Adviser; Inga Kanchaveli Senior Adviser; Ahmad Almaududy Amri Adviser; Youssef El Mezouaghi Adviser."

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? Varma called on three separate Turkish media... This is the beginning of a series. Thread here.

Watch this site.

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