UN GATE, March
14, Follow up to Exclusive –
With the UN failing on
Ukraine, with two resolution
rejected in the UN Security
Council now presided over by
the UAE which abstained on
both, and Secretary General
Antonio Guterres who only got
his two terms with the
approval of Vladimir Putin and
now sends as humanitarian
envoy to Ukraine a crony Amin
Awad who previously sold
out the Tamils in Sri
Lanka, now Guterres has moved
to censoring UN
staff.
His
official(s) wrote to others,
"Language elements: Some
specific examples of language
to use/not use at the
moment: “conflict” or
“military offensive” and NOT
“war” or “invasion” when
referring to the situation in
Ukraine." While their in-house
poodles deny it, it is out
there. And Guterres continues
to lie.
Inner City Press,
banned from the UN by
Guterres, was exclusively
leaked and on March 4
published this, also from
March 4, photo here:
Fri 3/4/2022
To: ALL UN Secretariat;
Agencies, Funds and Programmes
Guidance to staff
on personal communications
about the situation in
Ukraine
The crisis in
Ukraine is deeply upsetting
and a matter of grave concern
to United Nations staff. The
Secretary-General has also
made the position of the
Organization regarding the
hostilities very
clear. While
it is understandable that many
of us feel compelled to share
views about the events that
are unfolding, including in
personal fora such as social
media, staff are reminded of
their rights and duties as
international civil servants,
which require us to act
independently and
impartially.
Please take a moment to
familiarize yourselves anew
with the policies on the
Status, basic rights and
duties of United Nations staff
members; outside activities;
and the guidelines for the
personal use of social media.
Attention is also drawn to the
“2022 Guidance on Political
Activities” recently issued on
iSeek by the UN Ethics
Office.
"Accordingly,
staff are asked to frame any
communications on Ukraine as
well as other political
matters in a manner that is
consistent with the position
of the Organization and the
statements of the
Secretary-General."
But
Guterres' Spokesperson
Stephane Dujarric refused all
questions about Ukraine from
Inner City Press. Guterres'
head of media accreditation
Melissa Fleming has refused to
even answer a letter
from pro bono law firm Quinn
Emanuel seeking a dialog on
the re-entry of Inner City
Press, which remained a
resident correspondent even
while critiquing Ban Ki-moon
for failure in Sri
Lanka.
On March
9, Dujarric, Fleming and
Guterres refused to answer
this written question:
"Confirm or deny that the
email obfuscated at the March
8 noon briefing Inner City
Press is banned from, beyond
the email each of you were
asked about in writing on
March 7, was by UNRIC's Sherri
Aldis, and if not, by whom."
And yet,
alongside refusing to answer
Inner City Press ever, and
Quinn Emanuel (see here)
for months, Fleming publicly
tweeted, "That email only went
to about 25 staff."
Even by
its own terms, WHICH staff?
WHO sent it? Inner City Press
has published on this (Sherri
Aldis) but it is the UN which
should be required to answer,
as any other public
institutions, even the dog
catcher of a Midwestern town,
would be required. Today's UN
is lower that low.
Inner City
Press on March 9 publicly
asked Fleming, "Why did you
and
@UN_Spokesperson
@StephDujarric refuse to
answer questions emailed to
you by Inner City Press about
your Department's March 4
email ordering staff to only
say what
@AntonioGuterres says?
Why no answer to Quinn
Emanuel on banning Inner
City Press?"
After no
response from Fleming, Inner
City Press on March 10 asked
Dujarric and Guterres in
writing. Nothing - the
UN which
should be
required to
answer, as any
other public
institutions,
even the dog
catcher of a
Midwestern
town, would be
required.
On March 12, with
screen shots
of the UN
email, Inner
City Press put up
a song
about it on
YouTube.
Immediately
it was
demonetized.
Inner
City Press
appealed,
and on March
14 YouTube
upheld itself here:
"inappropriate."
Today's
UN is lower
that low. Some
UN staff are
saying,
#FireMelissaFleming.
We'll have more on this.
Watch this
site.
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