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UN GATE, Jan 13 –
Inner City Press on 5 July
2018 was banned from entering
the UN, two day after it was
physically removed from
conducting interviews outside
meeting about the UN Secretary
General Antonio Guterres' $6.7
billion budget.
Then
Guterres' Department of Global
Communication, run by Melissa
Fleming, issued a letter
banning Inner City Press from
the UN - for life. With no due
process, no right of
appeal. Guterres has put
the UN in the US Press Freedom
Tracker, here.
Guterres' Spokesman Stephane
Dujarric falsely promised on
camera that he would be
answering banned Inner City
Press' questions - but see
below.
On Jan 13 after Guterres again
refused to answer but
the IMF did answer, May 6 here,
Feb 25 here,
Feb 4 here,
here,
before Stephane "French
Whine" Dujarric,
previously the face of UN lies
on cholera in Haiti, not
Associate "Spokesperson"
Florencia Soto Nino who blocks
Press on WhatsApp, nor equally
censoring Associate Eri
Kaneko, nor UN
Spokesperson
Stephanie
Tremblay - and not
rape-denying
Deputy Farhan Haq, held a
briefing before which Inner
City Press submitted yet more
questions - Inner City Press
has asked the above, and
Guterres and his new chief of
staff Courtenay Rattray and
others:
These written
question are posed and
responses requested pursuant
to the until-now broken
commitment the the UN will
"continue to answer e-mailed
questions from Mr Lee" Inner
City Press, here
Jan 13-1:
following on the Jan 12
question about Wagner Group
and DRC which none of you
answered, what now are the
comments and actions if any of
SG Guterres on that Russia
says it is planning to work
with Burkina Faso to develop
strategies to fight terrorism
On child
trafficking what are the
comments and actions if any of
SG Guterres and his UN on that
a court in Zambia's Ndola city
has released four Croatian
couples on bail after they
were charged on allegations of
attempted child trafficking.
All the suspects pleaded not
guilty. Workers at a
guesthouse say that the
couples checked in without
children, but on the third day
of their stay they noticed
they had four minors, from the
Democratic Republic of Congo,
in their care
Jan 12-1: On
China illegal intimidation of
dissidents IN THE US, what are
the comments and actions of SG
Guterres on that an overseas
Chinese student in the US has
been charged with stalking and
threatening another Chinese
student who took part in
pro-democracy activism on
their campus. US prosecutors
say Xiaolei Wu, 25, sent
threats to the girl and also
reported her family to
authorities in China. The
Berklee College of Music
student was arrested in Boston
on Wednesday.
On DRC and Wagner
groups, what are the comments
and actions of SG Guterres -
has MONUSCO investigated, and
if not, why not - this: “It is
true, Wagner Group is here. We
have evidence that we will
show in due time,” M23
spokesperson Willy Ngoma told
the BBC on Wednesday. He added
that they had fought a joint
team of the Congolese army and
the mercenaries last week in
Tongo and Nyamilima fronts in
Rutshuru area. But the army
spokesperson Major General
Sylvain Ekenge has denied the
claims.
Jan 11-1: Beyond
the unanswered UN child rape
question put to each of you on
Jan 10, 2023, what are the
comments and actions if any of
SG Guterres on, in Ethiopia,
that Daniel Tesfaye, Bizuayehu
Wendimu, Bereket Daniel and
Nahom Hussien, who work for
the Ethiopian Human Rights
Council (EHRCO), were arrested
on Thursday while
investigating cases of forced
evictions in the capital Addis
Ababa. They were accused of
not having the necessary
permission to carry out their
work
Jan 10-1: on
deadline provide all if-asked
information about the new
cases of UN sex abuse data
dumped this morning on the
Conduct and Disclipline
website, including CHILD RAPE
by a "civilian" UN staffer in
CAR in 2022 - why is the
nationality not given? What
has been done for the
victim(s)?
Dec 22-1: On
Cameroon and press (un)
freedom, what are the comments
and actions if any of SG
Guterres and separately USG
Fleming on that After being in
detention for more than six
years and his trial
inexplicably adjourned more
than 100 times, the former
head of Cameroon's public
broadcaster has been sentenced
to 12 years in prison. Amadou
Vamoulké was arrested under
Operation Sparrowhawk, which
critics say has been used by
President Paul Biya's
government to lock up people
seen as problematic
No answer - and
no more briefings in 2022.
Today's UN is totally
corrupted.
Dec 13-1:
Immediately provide all
additional ("if-asked")
information about the new UN
sexual abuse cases data dumped
this morning on the UN Conduct
and Discipline website,
including child rape by a
peacekeeper in Nepal. Photo here.
What is being done for these
victims? What accountability
is there?
Immediately
disclose all payments and
communications to UN and UN
entities from Sam
Bankman-Fried, FTX or Alameda,
or affiliated
foundations.
What are the
comments and actions if any of
SG Guterres and separately USG
Fleming on that the government
in the Democratic Republic of
Congo has “strongly” denounced
what it calls the "illegal
presence" of Rwanda-allied
journalists in Congolese
territory.
As audibly
asked to SG Guterres on
Dec 9 as he entered the event
of UNCA, with IRIB as a
member, what are his comments
and actions on the 7000
migrant workers dead in Qatar
for FIFA World Cup 2022, why
did Guterres go there and say
nothing? What are his comments
on the arrest of EU
parliamentarians including Eva
Kaili for taking Qatar
bribes?
What are the
comments and actions of SG
Guterres and separately USG
Fleming on that the General
Directorate for Internal
Security, France’s domestic
intelligence agency, jhas
issued summonses issued to
journalists Benoît Collombat,
Jacques Monin, and Geoffrey
Livolsi
Dec 9-1: Again on
UN "due process" and lies -
immediately explain statements
a week ago on Dec 2, 2022 that
I am on a UN "banned" list,
and that I can appeal through
DSS, including DSS Michaud's
failure to even confirm
receipt of appeal I sent him
(and each of you) on December
5.
On UN sexual
harassment and retalation and
this decision
and UN staff telling Inner
City Press that it "again
stipulates the usual UNSOS
practice where D1 can have sex
with anybody particularly NS
or contractors
What it is not normal that
OIOS spend so much time for
these things and the end
nothing happens. Only if you
have a car accident under the
influence of alcohol or a
prostitute reports a man for
sex, you may have the risk to
get fired.
Including in
light of SG Guterres visit to
Qatar World Cup - who paid? -
and lack of comments while
there, what today are his
comments and actions if any on
that A group of lawmakers in
Niger has backed a motion
seeking to criminalise
same-sex relationships in the
country.
Dec 8-1: What are
the comments and actions if
any of SG Guterres on the
release of arms trafficking
(and sometime-UN partner)
Viktor Bout, in exchange for
US star Griner? Disclose all
business on the UN with Bout
and his companies.
Again, now will direct quote
from USG Michaud, and more on
appeal now to each of you,
since DSS despite its
statements to PGA's
spokesperson has yet to
confirm receipt of appeal: On
appeal Inner City Press filed
yesterday with USG Gilles
Michaud and each of you, as
UNPGA Csaba Korosi's
spokesperson Paulina Kubiak
said UN DSS Sergeant told her
is the process, (1) confirm
receipt, (2) explain why USG
Michaud previously wrote that
DSS' only role was to ensure
that journalists whose
accreditation was stripped by
DGC did not enter -- see the
message in Dec 7 questions,
from Gilles Michaud
gilles.michaud@un.org
and see UN Media Accreditation
& Liaison Unit Guidelines
for ‘Non- Resident
Correspondents’ which states,
at para 2a: “Non-Resident
Correspondents can access UNHQ
through the Visitors’ Entrance
at 46th Street and 1st Avenue
between 0800-1900 hours from
Monday through Friday.
Non-resident Correspondents
only have access to UNHQ on
weekends or after hours
accompanied by a resident
correspondent or when a
meeting is advised as taking
place. Entry will be allowed
two hours prior to the start
of the meeting. At the
conclusion of the meeting, the
non-Resident correspondent
must exit the premises within
an hour, unless accompanied by
a resident correspondent.”
[Emphasis added.] The repeated
use of the word “or” in the
second sentence here:
“weekends OR after hours
accompanied by a resident
correspondent OR when a
meeting is advised as taking
place” indicates that those
conditions are alternatives,
and in addition to the regular
8am to 7pm access in the
previous sentence.
I had been on UN premises
after 7pm on numerable
occasions since he has been a
‘Non-Resident Correspondent’
in compliance with those
rules, never being challenged
by any of the DSS Security
Officers who have observed him
on each and every occasion he
has done so. He has, in fact,
been almost permanently
escorted by a UN staff member
(clearly oblivious of the
considerable financial expense
to the Organization) since
February 2016. It is clear
that the “risk” he presents is
one of public scrutiny, which
is hardly a legitimate matter
for your department. The
statement taken by officers
Perry and Stancu does not
record the time Mr. Lee
entered the UN premises on 3
July, which he states was
about 9:45am. The statement
does however confirm that Mr.
Lee was on the premises for
the purposes reporting on a
Fifth Committee Budget
meeting. That meeting is
understood to have run on
until 4am the following
morning, so it was clearly
still going on at the time he
was evicted. Mr. Lee’s
statement also reflects his
familiarity with the
Guidelines indicating that he
was required to leave the
premises within an hour of
that meeting concluding. The
Media Accreditation &
Liaison Unit guidelines -
having been published by the
UN and respected by Mr. Lee
and other members of the press
– must create a reasonable
expectation that members of
the press will not face
harassment provided their
activities remain complaint
with them. The evidence
suggests that Mr. Lee was
doing that. Moreover, as is
known to the MALU and as has
been observed by your
officers, he enjoyed that
right peaceably and without
criticism for 18 months.
ST/AI/309 provides that “all
persons on the premises are
expected to comply with the
directions that may be issued
by the security officers in
the performance of their
functions” and that is not in
dispute; but Mr. Lee was never
given an opportunity to
comply. Mr. Lee can be heard
on the video repeatedly saying
he was just typing, reporting
on what he had been told by
the Chairman of the meeting
when he had his shirt torn by
your officers. Your officers
would certainly have been
acting quite legally if Mr.
Lee represented any kind of
threat to the security of
others or to the fabric of the
building, but there is no
credible information or
independent assessment to
support such a hypothesis.
When interviewed, Mr. Lee
insists that he tried to
emphasise to Officer Perry
that he was physically
assaulted by your Security
Officers before being afforded
a reasonable opportunity to
explain or refer to the MALU
rules that apply to him, but
Officer Perry declined to
record that information.
Moreover, Lt. Dobbins actions
on 3 July cannot be considered
without reference to the
earlier incident of 22 June
and Mr. Lee’s subsequent
reporting of that event, which
raises reasonable grounds to
believe that Lt. Dobbins may
not have been performing his
duties or exercising his
discretion in good faith.
There does not appear to be
any reason to believe that Mr.
Lee had breached any rule or
posed any threat when he was
evicted.
As asked each of
you on December 5, 2022:
AGAIN, on UN's lack of press
freedom and due process -
immediately explain both the
basis for UN Security at 801
1st Ave on the morning of Dec
2 tell me I am "banned" from
entering the UN despite
confirmed invitation to UN PGA
Town Hall, and (2) the
"appeals" process that DSS
told PGA Spokesperson about
to, conveyed to
me. Audio - 2:20
min version Full
7 minutes
What is the
"Inspections Unit" and "Police
Chief" email address an
appellee is to write to? Why
did USG Fleming not respond to
the July 2021 Quinn Emanuel
letter with information about
this appeals process, if it
exists? How many people are on
the UN's "banned" list? On
what bases? On deadline.
On Chad, what are
the comments and actions if
any of SG Guterres on that a
court in Chad has handed jail
terms of up to three years to
more than 260 people who were
arrested after deadly protests
in October. The mass trial
took place in a high-security
prison in the desert. Defence
lawyers boycotted proceedings,
arguing that the trial itself
was not legal.
Again on DRC and
Rwanda, what are the comments
and actions of SG Guterres on
that Heavy fighting between
the Congolese army and M23
rebels has resumed in the east
of the country threatening a
truce announced last week.
Both the military and the
rebels have confirmed the
clashes. Thousands of people
are fleeing the fighting in
North Kivu province. Dozens
are reported to have been
killed. Rwanda and the DR
Congo agreed at talks in
Angola that a ceasefire would
take effect last Friday. The
M23 said the truce did not
concern them as they were not
invited to the talks.
On deadline, what
are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on this
whistleblower's complaint to
Inner City Press: Dear
Matthew, I would like to tell
you something about
UNISFA....A camp of slaves and
poor international idiots
uncapable to contract the best
for the UN. As you must be
aware, UN Contractors are
becoming more and more from
Arabic countries in view of
the power some of their
protectors are having in the
UN. In this case IMDAD, a
Jordanian company, got the
contract for the camp services
in UNISFA. Well.... at what
price? the women are all from
Dinka and are having sex with
anybody for less than 20 usd
and lastly thy have no
holidays, no medical coverage,
etc. Just slaves. Everything
is under control of the CMS
Kirkwood who was only
interested in building his
shelter in front of his
accommodation in order not to
dirt his feet... I would like
to ask: is really benefit for
the UN to contract all
services and give flip flop
money to poor people who are,
most of the times sexually
harassed by their
managers?
Immediately
provide the if-asked
information including status
of UN victims in the UN child
rape case data dumped this
morning on UN website, MINUSCA
in April though September
2022, and state why the
nationality of the civilian
defendant is not disclosed,
and why the defendant is still
being paid- on deadline.
Does UNSG
Guterres or his resident
coordinator share "serious
doubts" about the credibility
of Equatorial Guinea's
election results that saw the
world's longest-serving
president continue his
43-year-rule. Teodoro Obiang
Nguema Mbasogo, 80, secured
almost 95% of votes, according
to election officials. "Given
the scale of irregularities
observed and the announced
results giving the [ruling
party] PDGE 94.9% of the vote,
we have serious doubts about
the credibility of the
announced results"
On Ethiopia what
are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on that
Ethiopia’s government has
dashed any hopes of peace
talks with rebels in the
restive Oromia region.
Expectations had been raised
after federal negotiators sat
down and made a deal with the
Tigray People’s Liberation
Front (TPLF) to end the
two-year-long civil war in the
north. The Oromo Liberation
Army (OLA), which has also
been fighting the federal
government, at one time formed
an alliance with the TPLF. But
an Oromia regional government
spokesman, Hailu Adugna, has
since told local media that
the government has no plans to
sit with a group “which has no
chain of command or political
agenda”. The claim has been
disputed by an OLA
spokesperson who said it will
continue to fight
On the protests in
China, including chants of Xi
Step Down and the roughing up of
a BBC journalist, death of 10 in
Xinjiang, what belatedly are the
comments of SG Guterres and
separately Siddharth Chatterjee
in China? And Volker Turk? What
are their comments on the 7000
dead migrant workers in Qatar
and ongoing discrimination
there?
On corruption and Malawi what
are the comments of SG Guterres
on that Malawi's Vice-President
Saulos Chilima has been arrested
on allegations that he accepted
money in exchange for awarding
government contracts, the
country's anti-corruption agency
says. He is accused of receiving
$280,000 (£230,000) from a
British businessman "and other
items", a statement says.
AGAIN, On human
rights-challenged FIFA World Cup in
Qatar, when did SG Guterres decide
to go? Why so little put out
publicly? Since SG said
nothing, was the trip paid for by
him personally? If not, how much did
it cost? Why UN silent,
including by Volker Turk? What are
Guterres' comments on 7000 migrant
workers killed, dietary restrictions
prohibited, and
discrimination?
On Cameroon and corruption what are
the cmoments and actions if any of
SG Guterres on that a
total of $68 million was
effectively stolen from the
Cameroonian people over the course
of 2021, according to the National
Anti-Corruption Commission. It
says that was more than double the
amount taken the previous year,
excluding the estimated $281,000
embezzled from coronavirus funds.
Given that IRIB / Iran TV broadcasts forced
confessions, recently resulting in
sanctions, what are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres and separately USG
Fleming on them, while banning Inner City
Press, accrediting IRIB's Kamran Najafzadeh,
a member of UNCA for whom Guterres is set to
raise funds on Dec 9? What safeguards are in
place that bribers like Ng Lap Seng
(previous attendee) and Patrick Ho aren't
sold access to Guterres and the UN?
On Tunisia, what are the comments and
actions if any of SG Guterres on that
Tunisian police have fired tear gas at
protestors trying to reach the island of
Djerba where an international summit is to
be held this weekend. T
On Somalia and UNSOS what are
the comments and actions of SG
Guterres on this, sent to Inner City
Press, here
On Guinea and
corruption what are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on that Guinea’s
military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya has
fired his infrastructure minister over
corruption
On Qatar, what are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on the imprisonment
and now solitary confinement of
whistleblower Adbullah Ibhais? See here.
And on Tunisia, on that prominent political
opponent of Tunisia's president says he has
been stopped from leaving the country. Fadel
Abdelkefi has publicly accused President
Kais Saied of acting like a king and not
improving governance or the economy.
On UN corruption and (#MeToo?) abuse of
power what are the actions of Guterres on
this, told to Inner City Press by
whistleblowers who say they have no other
recourse in the UN of retaliation, that UNDP
Whistleblower, to banned Inner City Press:
"Xavier Michon has an inappropriate illicit
personal relationship involving love and
money with his Executive Associate, Marianna
Gindin."
On UN opacity, immediately state
whether the Dec 2 "civil society summit" is
limited to representatives of NGOs already
OK-ed by ECOSOC or USG Fleming's DCG, or (as
the online form says),
to people and entities not affiliated with
the UN.
Immediately provide additional if asked
information on the new UN Peacekeepers from
Gabon sexual abuse charged put in the UN's
Conduct and Disclipine website in the week
ending November 11, 2022, in CAR to 2021,
including child rape - one deadline.
What has SG Guterres done about
the MONUSCO UNV sex for jobs scandal?
On UN staffer and now-sentenced rapist
Karim Elkorany, and each of you refusing all
Press questions on the case and rapes since
Sept 2, 2020, immediately explain how this
relates to or complies with this policy:
""The United States expects the leadership
of the United Nations and other
International Organizations to take
meaningful action to support accountability
and transparency through, among others, the
following: the conduct of timely and
survivor-centered investigations; response
efforts driven by the needs, experiences,
and resiliencies of those most at risk of
SEAH; clear reporting and response systems,
including to inform Member States of
allegations or incidents; and accountability
measures, including termination of
employment or involvement of law
enforcement, as needed" here
On China spying and worse in the US and NYC,
immediately provide SG Guterres' comments
and actions if any on what was documented in
the October 24 indictments unsealed in EDNY
and announced by the US AG
Again: immediately provide SG Guterres'
comments on and knowledge of litigation
involving Trammo, the commodities firm he is
promoting, including but not limited to
being charged by Puerto Rico with MBTE
pollution, and separately accused in SDNY of
cooking its books. How did Guterres choose
Trammo?
AGAIN, as Inner City Press asked each of you
on Oct 11, 2022: "This is a Press request on
deadline for the comment and action of UNSG
Antonio Guterres on that on October 11,
BARRAK ABDULMOHSEN ALHUNAIF, a former
diplomatic attaché assigned to the Permanent
Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United
Nations, and his wife KHALEDAH SAAD
ALDHUBAIBI were charged in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York
with forced labor, visa fraud, fraud in
foreign labor contracting, and conspiracy to
commit visa fraud and fraud in foreign labor
contracting, in connection with their hiring
and subsequent abuse of three domestic
workers from India and the
Philippines. Both ALHUNAIF and
ALDHUBAIBI remain at large.
On UNMIK (and OIOS) corruption, what are SG
Guterres'the of those addressed on
whistleblower complaints to Inner City Press here
And, again, what
is Guterres' response to UN
staff telling Inner City Press
that UNV jobs are traded for
sex in MONUSCO?
What is the
response of SG Guterres
and USG Fleming / MALU to
this
petition with over
10,000 signers urging
restoring Inner City Press
to resident correspondent
status?
On the current
UNGA, Inner City Press as NYC-based
media which has covered the UN long-time has
on Sept 8, 2022 applied for accreditation to
enter, application
#3728 I am
writing to you more than ten days before the
UN General Assembly high level week as a
journalist who after covering the United
Nations for Inner City Press for ten years was
roughed up and thrown out of the UN as I
covered its Fifth (Budget) Committee... For
the upcoming UNGA High Level Week, I noticed
that as of Sept 8, 2022 the MALU site says /
claims: For UNGA week, the UN has limited
media access to only to correspondents
“residing in the tri-state area or Washington,
D.C.”
While (1) that is discriminatory, (2) will not
be implement as regards pro-government media
traveling with delegations - I noted that I am
an long-term UN reporter (since 2005), se quid
pro quo scandal in the UN Mission in the DR
Congo, and reside in NYC. My access badge
should be provided
immediately. You and
others including but not limited to USG
Fleming have been written to on my behalf by
the Quinn
Emanuel law firm, no response yet - your
response is requested on deadline."
See
also, Inner
City Press
scoop on UNOV
sex scandal in
DRC, here.
On
Colombia and UN corruption
(and worse) on which each of
you have refused to answer
what now are the comments
and actions if any of SG
Guterres on these whistleblower
complaints to Inner
City Press
AGAIN on
UN sexual exploitation and
abuse immediately provide
all additional if-asked
information on the FOUR new
sexual abuse cases data
dumped on UN web site on
August 23, 2022 at 10:01 am,
including rapes by
Mauritanian UN
"Peacekeepers" in CAR, by
Burundi and Cameroon, and
Malawi in DRC - on deadline.
and
nothing on rhino horn case we covered
here
&
see new
UN rapes,
data dumped,
unexplained
On
Cameroon what are the comments
and actions of SG Guterres on
the abduction / government
disappearance of Muslim
Anglophone activist and
scholar Abdul Karim Ali in
Bamenda?
The information
MALU sent out about access to
UNGA 2022, apparently only to
UNCA members, should be sent
to others today, including
Inner City Press which will be
applying to enter to cover it,
see
here.
As separately
asked of each of you on the
morning of August 11, 2022, on
UN sexual exploitation and
abuse - alleged - this is a
request on the new cases of UN
sexual exploitation data
dumped on the UN website at
9:01 am on August 11, Rape in
CAR by a "civilian," abuse by
peacekeepers from Cameroon,
South Africa, and "military" -
explain why nationality
withheld, and what if anything
UN has done for victims
Again,
immediately explain the basis
for banning me and Inner City
Press from the UN and its
briefings when not only the
IMF on May 20, 2021 on Sudan
and El Salvador, here,
and IMF on June
10, 2021: on Tanzania
and Cameroon and
on El
Salvador
and Wilson Center
on May 20, 2021 on North
Korea, here,
and also on March 26, 2021 the
US State Department takes
Inner City Press' questions,
transcript here
and May 27, 2021
"Briefing with Acting
Assistant Secretary for
Western Hemisphere Affairs
Julie Chung On the Secretary’s
Upcoming Travel to San Jose,
Costa Rica," "Let’s go the
line Matthew Russell
Lee. QUESTION: Sure.
Thanks a lot and thanks for
taking the question. I had
wanted to ask specifically
about Honduras. There have
been a series of cases in the
Southern District of New York
where the brother of the
president, Juan Orlando
Hernandez, his brother Tony
was convicted of drug
trafficking," see here.
What is the
response of SG Guterres' / USG
Fleming to the letter sent to
her and others by the Quinn
Emanuel law firm regarding
ending Press censorship?
See "answer" August 9, here:
letter received, no change in
status - no reply.
After repeated
non-answers to the above, on
August 9 UN Spokesperson
Dujarric was asked "Quinn
Emanuel wrote a letter to the
UN asking about reinstatement
of our colleague Matthew Lee
into the UN press corps. Do
you have any comment on
that?
Spokesman: No. All I can
tell you is that we've
received the letter, and I'm
not aware of any change to his
status... It's been received.
Whether or not it's been
answered, I don't know yet."
How can the UN, which preached
press freedom, not even answer
a letter for a journalist from
a major law firm? What is your
answer? When will Inner City
Press be restored to resident
correspondent status, like
various state media?
Explain how it is
legitimate for SG Guterres'
DGC / USG Fleming and MALU
(cc-ed here) to block Inner
City Press from even WebEx
questions to UNSC President
Ireland, whose Alternate
Political Coordinator and
Spokesperson Eoghan McSwiney
wrote to Inner City Press, "We
would refer your request for
access to the UN and to UN
press conferences to the Media
Accreditation and Liaison Unit
of the UN Secretariat." You
are engaged in censorship,
no?
What is
the UN's
response to
Inner City
Press' Sept 13
application to
MALU incluing
for WebEx
access to
hybrid press
briefings
during UNGA
76, as it has
at the IMF?
Beyond last
night's
interim
response
projecting a
decision in
one or day
days?
From:
malu
Date: Wed, Sep
15, 2021 at
8:02 PM
Subject: Your
U.N.
eAccreditation
Request has
been
RECEIVED
Greetings
Matthew
Lee,
This is to
confirm the
United Nations
Media
Accreditation
and Liaison
Unit
(M.A.L.U.) at
New York
Headquarters
has received
your request
for
accreditation...
Upon
processing, a
notification
email (to the
email address
registered
with the
request)will
provide the
status update,
to confirm an
approval or
rejection, and
any additional
information
which may be
required.
What
reason could
there be to
deny this?
Particularly
given that
only today
Sept 16, Inner
City Press put
questions to
the IMF on
Guinea,
Ukraine and
Venezuela (see
here
and
then to IFRC's
Francesco
Rocca,
about
Cameroon. If
they take
questions, how
can the UN not
now allow
Inner City
Press, at
least for now
by WebEx? And
IMF on October
21, 2021 here.
And US
Buffalo NBC TV on Oct 26
here.
Also
IMF answering
Inner City
Press on Nov
4, 2021 on
Ethiopia,
Zambia and
Chad here
Please immediately explain the basis,
and the compliance with due process, of MALU's
Jan 10, 2022 denial: "From: malu [at] un [dot] org
Date: Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 3:10 PM Subject:
U.N. eAccreditation request for Matthew Lee
Ref# M58355547 has been declined To: Inner City Press
Greetings Matthew Lee from Inner City
Press, Your media accreditation request,
with reference no: M58355547, has been
declined for the following reason: [BLANK]
With kind regards, Media Accreditation
and Liaison Unit (MALU)"
Immediately respond to this January 13
statement by the Committee to Protect
Journalists when asked, in camera, about
your UN's ongoing ban on Inner City Press:
"While the UN can reasonably assert that
violating known guidelines could result in
the loss of credentials, it was not as
transparent as it could have been throughout
its investigation. We would encourage the UN
to implement a more transparent
investigation process for incidents
involving accredited press, both resident or
non-resident. Any formal process adopted by
the UN for reviewing credentials should
provide an opportunity where the journalist
is able to respond to any allegations made
against them."
On
Ukraine, AGAIN, what are the comments and
actions if any of SG Guterres on Tatneft's
drive for disclosures by Ukraine in the
SDNY and other Us Federal courts, and
Ukraine's $173 million debt to Tatneft,
and its statements about 175,000 troops on
its borders?
Immediately provide SG Guterres' and
separately USG Fleming's explanation and
action on this UN email: " "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." Immediately specify, after
USG Melissa Fleming tweeted "That email
only went to about 25 staff" who the staff
were - or, why not.
Again - given that a UN
Resident Correspondent hosted the
party that set up the UNOPS
scandal, after a similar role in
South South News / Ng Lap Seng
corruption conviction, what has
been done? And why is Inner City
Press banned?
On UN system corruption and abuse, what
are the comments and actions if any of SG
Guterres on Inner City Press' June 6, 2022
exclusive: former French Police
Commissaire Nicolas Hergot spends his time
tracking down leaks within the agency.
Inner City Press is here exclusively
publishing leaked evidence of his
unacceptable behavior by the basic
standards of UN officials. Inner City
Press has obtained the following document
On UN access, beyond his/your outrageous
ongoing ban on Inner City Press, what are
the comments and actions if any of SG
Guterres on the routinized and unexplained
blocking of applicant groups on May 19 in
the UN NGO Committee on such grounds as
position on Taiwan or on BRICS, and
apparently disproved charges?
Any UN comment on extradition from
Honduras to US of General Tigre Bonilla?
On the UNOPS scandal on which each of you
has refused to answer or respond to Inner
City Press written questions for months,
now that the role of a UN correspondent in
setting up the corrupt deals is known -
same correspondent as involved in South
South News / Ng Lap Seng UN bribery
scandal, what is SG Guterres' action, and
why is investigative Inner City Press
banned while this is allowed in?
What is the
status at UNOPS and in the UN
system of Vilaly
Vanshelboim?
On deadline, on the UNTSO public
sex video Inner City Press first
published and each of you
dissembled about, now state the UN
employment and payment status of
each accused staffer [here]
AGAIN:
on Western
Sahara,
confirm or
deny on
deadline both
that Khaoula
Morchid was
recruited for
MINURSO under
Colin Stewart,
and separately
Stewart's
successor's
relations with
her
On
UNRWA, confirm
or deny a
relation by
then-head
Grandi, the
actions to
silence taken
by Lance
Bartholomeusz
- and that
Grandi has
even hired
Bartholomuesz'
wife at UNHCR
(submitted
here to
Secretariat
given the
role(s) of DGC
chief who has
also refused
to even answer
friendly Quinn
Emanual law
firm letter
since July 6,
2021.
AND YES
YET ONCE
AGAIN: On
Ghislaine
Maxwell, whose
child sex
trafficking
trial started
on Nov 29 in
SDNY court and
on whose
Terramar
Foundation
board UN Partnership
rep Amir
Dossal was 1
of only 5
people, what
is SG
Guterres'
response to
and comments
on "Ghislaine
Maxwell’s
family appeals
to UN for her
release from
jail"?
Now on Dossal
- state
immediately
whether or not
he was
representing
the UN at
Ghislaine
Maxwell's 116
East 65th
Street
residence,
along with his
son
Zecki?
And also: SG
Guterres'
comments and
actions on the
Jeffrey
Epstein
"fellowship"
with IPI and
Epstein's
other UN-world
connections -
including UN
engagement
with IPI
Bahrain, and Geir
Pederson's
meeting with
Epstein.
On
Cameroon, on
which each of
your have
refused to
answer Inner
City Press'
questions
about
Ambazonia,
what now are
SG Guterres'
comments and
actions if any
on that more
than 30,000
people have
fled from
northern
Cameroon to
neighbouring
Chad this week
As
asked to each
of you on Dec
8, 2021 with
no answer: "On
UN sexual
exploitation
and abuse -
alleged - this
is a request
on the new
cases of UN
sexual abuse
by UN
"peacekeepers"
from Gabon in
CAR in
2021 -
including a
CHILD RAPE
- data
dumped at
12:01 pm on
Dec 8, 2021
and not
addressed at
the noon
briefing Inner
City Press is
banned from,
along with
another case
in CAR by a
"peacekeeper"
from Burundi,
and the
previous UN
child rape in
CAR by UN
"peacekeeping"
troop Burkina
Faso (Oct 19)
and from
Burundi -
child rape! -
and SEA by
Tanzania
troops in DRC
data dumped at
12:02 pm on
Oct 7, and
earlier
(unanswered)
from Peru
(Sept 29),
Gabon and "the
Congo" - and
Nepal
peacekeeper
child rape in
DRC -
data-dumped at
10:07 am on
July 21, 2021
that you
immediately
provide the
"if asked"
information"
On Dec
1 MINUSMA
itself sent
Inner City
Press a
partial answer
to a question
about UN sex
abuse that I
asked each of
your two weeks
ago, without
answer. 1) why
is UNHQ
engaged in a
bigger cover
up of sexual
exploitation
and abuse than
its Missions?
2) where is
the report and
follow up
referred to in
MINUSMA's
answer, which
MINUSMA also
emailed to
all/most of
you?
Since
new PGA
spokesperson
Kubiak has
written to
Inner City
Press that she
did not
receive Inner
City Press
numerous
written
questions,
please explain
how the UN
blocks
addresses or
confines Press
questions to
spam folders?
Again, why did SG Guterres omit from his
personal financial disclosure covering 2016
funds he received from Gulbenkian Foundation
which sought to sell its oil company to
convicted UN briber CEFC China Energy?
On Cameroon,
Biya and
COVID, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
on that Only
3% of
Cameroonians
have received
a first dose
and 1.1% are
fully
vaccinated,
according to
Dr
Malachie
On
UNCDF as Inner
City Press
asked each of
you in August
2021 without
any response,
AGAIN, "what
is the UN
system's
response to
this, from a
whistleblower?
Ms Preeti
Sinha the
newly
appointed
UNCDF
secretary was
the business
development
officer in a
Swiss based
organization
IHDLIFE SARL
until October
2020, before
that she
handled the
Secretariat of
the same
organization’s
another
vertical. She
ran a small
company FFD
ventures
SARL but in
the
appointment
news of Preeti
Sinha she is
projected as
the CEO and
president of
FFD Ventures
SARL which has
raised
millions of
dollars to
support Covid
19 response
and other
development
work.
But the truth
is far
less
On UN
sex abuse -
child rape! -
on which each
of you on Oct
25 refused
written
questions from
Inner City
Press, again:
On UN sexual
exploitation
and abuse -
alleged - this
is a request
on the new
case of UN
attempted
child rape by
a UN
"peacekeeper"
from Morocco,
location not
even disclosed
- why? -
data dumped at
12:03 pm
during the
noon briefing
by Dujarric
and Volker
Perthes on Oct
25, 2021, and
the previous
UN child rape
in CAR by UN
"peacekeeping"
troop Burkina
Faso (Oct 19)
and from
Burundi -
child rape! -
and SEA by
Tanzania
troops in DRC
data dumped at
12:02 pm on
Oct 7, and
earlier
(unanswered)
from Peru
(Sept 29),
Gabon and "the
Congo" - and
Nepal
peacekeeper
child rape in
DRC -
data-dumped at
10:07 am on
July 21, 2021
that you
immediately
On
corruption and
Azerbaijan
(and more,
since each of
you already
did not answer
on UNSC
president
Kenya on Oct
4, and Jordan
and Gabon on
Oct 5, and
Republic of
Congo -
Brazzaville on
Oct 6, and
Qatar on Oct 7
and Sri Lanka
on Oct 8 and
Czech Republic
Babis on Oct
12 and Lebanon
on Oct 13,
Tony Blair on
October 14,
Ukraine on Oct
15, Honduras
on Oct 18,
Dominican
Republic on
Oct 19 Ecuador
on Oct 20,
Montenegro on
Oct 21, Chad
on Oct 22,
Chile on Oct
25) what are
the comments
and actions if
any of SG
Guterres on
that the
Aliyev
children’s
luxury
property
investments.
They were
shareholders
of 44
companies
registered in
the British
Virgin Islands
between 2006
and 2018. The
records show
the children
owned five
companies used
to buy more
than $120
million worth
of high-end
London
properties
On
Nigeria what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
and separately
DSG Amina J.
Mohammed on
that The trial
of Nigerian
separatist
leader, Nnamdi
Kanu, resumed
on Thursday in
the capital,
Abuja.
He was charged
with
terrorism,
treason,
running an
illegal
company and
publishing
defamatory
materials.
The government
has amended
the charges,
but the
details have
not been made
public.
Mr Kanu, who
is the leader
of the
Indigenous
People of
Biafra (Ipob)
group, has not
yet been asked
to
plead.
On UN
sexual abuse,
on which each
of your
refused to
answer this
written Press
questions
yesterday, is
AGAIN is a
request on the
new cases of
sexual
exploitation
by a UN
"peacekeeper"
from Burkina
Faso in DRC
data dumped at
12:06 pm
during the
noon briefing
by Farhan Haq
on Oct 19,
2021
On Cameroon
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
and separately
USG Lacroix on
that this week
3-year-old
Minex Kimora
was on her way
to school with
her mother in
the city of
Buea when a
Cameroonian
gendarme
opened fire on
their car,
shattering her
skull, killing
the girl
instantly.
AGAIN,
why didn't SG
Guterres'
public
financial
disclosure
covering 2016
disclose the
money he
received from
Gulbenkian
Foundation,
which would
subsequently
try to sell
its oil
company to UN
briber CEFC
China Energy,
convicted in
the SDNY
Federal
Court?
As
Inner City
Press asked
each of you in
writing on
October 7
without any
answer at all
- cover up
-- On UN
sexual
exploitation
and abuse -
alleged - this
is a request
on the new
cases of UN
child rape in
CAR by UN
"peacekeeping"
troop from
Burundi -
child rape! -
and SEA by
Tanzania
troops in DRC
data dumped at
12:02 pm on
Oct 7, and
earlier
(unanswered)
from Peru
(Sept 29),
Gabon and "the
Congo" - and
Nepal
peacekeeper
child rape in
DRC -
data-dumped at
10:07 am on
July 21, 2021
that you
immediately
provide the
"if asked"
information
On
Nigeria what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
and separately
his DSG Amina
J. Mohammed on
that the
Nigerian army
has confirmed
that it
arrested actor
Chiwetalu Agu
for wearing an
outfit bearing
the flag of
the proscribed
group Ipob and
inciting
people to join
it. The
Indigenous
People of
Biafra (Ipob)
is a group
that wants a
breakaway
state in
south-east
Nigeria.
On
corruption and
Kenya (and
more), what
are the
comments and
actions of SG
Guterres on
that the
Kenyattas'
offshore
investments
include a
company with
stocks and
bonds worth
$30m (£22m), a
foundation
where his
mother and the
president are
listed as
beneficiaries,
and an
offshore
company that
could not be
traced back to
the Kenyatta
family, which
was used to
buy an
apartment in
central London
now valued at
$1.3m (£1m)
On UN
system sexual
abuse and
exploitation
what are SG
Guterres
comments on
WHO staffer
put on leave
for covering
up SEA in DRC
- and AGAIN
why did
Guterres' UN
not inform
authorities of
sexual crimes
by Karim
Elkorany while
working for
the UN in
Iraq, drugging
and raping
women, before
he was allowed
to fly back to
NJ, USA, now
prosecuted
here in SDNY
court?
On
Honduras, what
are SG
Guterres'
responses to
Honduras
President JOH
mocking the
narco
trafficking
evidence
against him by
inviting
Netflix Narcos
to read the
SDNY
transcripts?
Why is
the new PGA
Abdulla
Shaheed not
even
disclosing how
his campaign
was and office
is funded,
including each
staff member,
as committed
do after the
PGA John Ashe
scandal in
SDNY? cc-ing
Ms Grayley too
And, on ongoing
censorship of Press by SG
Guterres, USG Fleming and Spox
Dujarric, to this petition
with 9000+ signatures here
On Inner City
Press' exclusive reporting
into UNTSO's scandal of public
sex in the UN van, what are
the comments and actions if
any of SG Guterres on this,
from whistleblower: "the men
in the UNTSO car have been
charged with transporting a
passenger who was not
authorized and also for not
co-operating with the
investigation." Inner
City Press asked, "Thanks -
I'd heard they were restored
to full pay." Answer:
"Still suspended, but have
been getting salary for a
year. Now they have been
accused of conduct
unbecoming."
Confirm or deny - and explain
the long cover up, for/of
Michael Antoine.
On Cameroon, what
are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on the
"Cameroon military opening
fire at Christians in
Bail/Ambazonia worshipping
yesterday
Sunday?
On UNDT opacity,
on which you have refused to
answer, explain why on August
26, a supposedly "public" case
was held - but the access link
was dead, not only to Inner
City Press but to the public
at large: "UNDT/NBI/2020/022
(Mancinelli) The Applicant
contests the Administration’s
finding of misconduct and
imposition of a disciplinary
sanction against her."
Given the Aug 24
UNDT case
about UNDP Country Director
Samuel Bwalya colluding /
forging with Ethiopia's
government, immediately state
how many other cases of UN
staff or officials colluding
with Ethiopia's government the
UN is aware of, and describe
each.
After
UNDT purported to order me to destroy evidence
of sexual harassment by UN staff Padula, AGAIN
what are the responses of SG Guterres and his
consigliere Soares, UN General Counsel now
that the appeal has been acknowledged and said
to be on ePortal with case number? "Weicheng
Lin 9:39 AM Dear Mr. Lee, I
acknowledge receipt of your
filing. Case: UNAT/2020/1502 Dear
Respondents, We received an Appeal of
UNDT Orders 178 (NY/2020) and 179 (NY/2020)
filed by Mr. Lee on 21 December 2020.
Mr. Lee who is not a staff member nor a party
to the case of the Applicant filed an appeal
against these orders with the Appeals
Tribunal. The Registrar accepted the
submissions and instructed that they be
transmitted to the parties in the UNDT
proceedings, and the Secretary-General for
comments within 30 days."
How is it acceptable that each of your takes
public money and refuses to answer or even
acknowledge Press questions, including about
UN staff's sexual abuse?
On SG son Pedro
Guimarães e Melo De Oliveira
Guterres, explain how the
business of Explorer
Investments has been reviewed
for conflicts of interest.
Explain immediately how Pedro
Guterres doing business with
Rwanda while Antonio Guterres
was UNSG was and is not a
conflict, and what was
disclosed and to whom.
Immediately explain, given the Amir Dossal
was on board of Epstein's procurer Ghislaine
Maxwell's Terramar Project and Inner City
Press has repeatedly asked you each about in
writing, how Spokesman Dujarric's Oct 30 on
camera statement is not aware of any other
UN connection to Epstein, beyond IPI, was
and is not a lie and cover up.
Again, why did Guterres not list
Gulbenkian, linked to CEFC China Energy, in
his disclosure covering 2016? What are
Guterres' comments on IPI and Epstein, why
would he not say why he left the board? Why
has he not quit Club of Madrid? Why was Amir
Dossal on Board of Terramar of Ghislaine
Maxwell
Immediate comments on the leaked
audio of OSSC Chediek Inner City Press
published Aug 5 on SoundCloud here
(1 of 6)
More
here.
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