As UN Bans
Inner City Press 2377th Day No Answer by
SG Spox Farhan Haq on Turkey Adams Case
ITU Swiss UNRWA Gaza UN Rape China Cmr
PGA Rw Melissa Fleming Stonewall
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
UN GATE, Oct 10 –
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 October 10 after the man of
undisclosed vacations Guterres
again
refused to answer but
the IMF did answer, May 6 here,
Feb 25 here,
Feb 4 here,
here,
before not Stephane "French
Whine" Dujarric,
previously the face of UN lies
on cholera in Haiti, not
never-answering Associate
"Spokesperson" Florencia Soto
Nino who blocks Press on
WhatsApp, nor equally
censoring Associate Eri
Kaneko, and
not UN
Spokesperson
Stephanie
Tremblay - but rather
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 including Slovenia's
Mission:
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
Leaks
SG DSG Again, June
19-1: On press freedom, please confirm
receipt by MALU of, and that positive
consideration will belatedly be granted to,
my application to enter and cover UNGA 2023.
Submitted letter and 2024 letter
For now, it does
not even allow another
application, for example
for 2024 UNGA -
immediately answer
Oct
10-1: On Gaza /
Israel, on which
each of you has
refused all of
Inner City
Press' written
questions, what
are the comments
and actions if
any of SG
Guterres and
separately PGA
Philemon Yang
(Spokesperson
Birch cc-ed
here, Cameroon
question below)
and Switzerland,
cc-ed here, as
UNSC president
and otherwise,
on this: Despite
evidence
collected by the
IDF throughout
the Israel-Hamas
War proving that
UNRWA workers
included Hamas
terrorists, the
organization had
retained its
candidacy for a
Nobel Prize
award after
being
shortlisted in
February. The
winner of the
prize will be
announced on
October 11.
After UNRWA
workers were
involved in the
October 7
attacks and
multiple
instances were
found where
Hamas terror
infrastructure
was embedded
within UNRWA
facilities, the
Im Tirtzu
organization
sent a petition
to the Nobel
Prize committee
to reconsider
its decision,
the organization
said on
Wednesday. By
Thursday
morning, almost
4,000 additional
supporters had
signed the
petition.
According to Im
Tirzu,
approximately
12,000 people
signed the
petition urging
the Peace
Research
Institute Oslo,
the organization
responsible for
selecting the
Nobel Peace
Prize laureates,
to reconsider
UNRWA’s
candidacy....
The Hostages and
Missing Families
forum said that
the idea that
UNRWA could win
a Nobel Peace
Prize was
"unthinkable",
despite the
organization
itself admitting
that 9 of its
employees were
potentially
involved in the
October 7
massacre. It is
hosting a press
conference on
Thursday
featuring Ayelet
Samerano, whose
21-year-old son
Yonatan Samerano
was murdered on
October 7. His
body was taken
to Gaza from
Kibbutz Be'eri
by a UNRWA
social worker.
It is still
being held
there
more pointedly
what are the
comments of SG
Guterres and esp
of the Swiss
mission, as UNSC
president but
also in its own
capacity, on
this: "On 9
September 2024,
a majority of
Switzerland’s
parliament voted
to suspend
payments to the
UNRWA, a part of
the United
Nations that
supports the
relief and human
development of
Palestinian
refugees.The
proposition was
put forward by
the Swiss
People’s Party
(UDC/SVP) and
was supported by
99 versus 88
members, with 7
abstaining. The
result was
against the view
of the Federal
Council and a
commission
looking at the
issue. The
argument for
ending the
payments centres
on concerns that
the agency is
doing a poor job
of ensuring the
money does not
fall in to the
wrong hands, in
particular those
with links to
terrorism.
Certain members
of the
organisation
active in UNRWA
schools
celebrated the
Hamas attacks on
7 October, and a
dozen others
probably took
part in the
attacks, said a
member of the
UDC/SVP. An
inquiry by the
former French
foreign minister
was unable to
refute these
allegations,
according to the
party. During
the same
parliamentary
session,
parliament voted
120 versus 73 in
favour of paying
the money
directly to the
Palestinian
population
instead of to
the UNRWA. The
Green Party
argued in favour
of continuing to
pay the UNRWA
arguing that
there are no
viable
alternatives for
providing the
urgent
humanitarian aid
needed in Gaza.
In addition,
Ignazio Cassis,
Switzerland’s
foreign
minister, argued
that it would be
difficult for
another
organisation or
authority to
undertake the
tasks being
carried out by
the UN agency in
Gaza"?
and, here from
SDNY, what is SG
Guterres
response to the
proposed amicus
brief by the
Raul Wallenberg
Centre for Human
Rights,
StandWithUs
arguing that
UNRWA is not
entitled to
immunity under
the CPIUN, nor
according to jus
cogen? - and
now, that the
amicus brief is
being accepted:
""ORDER granting
[27] Letter
Motion for Leave
to File
Document.
GRANTED. By
September 27,
2024,
StandWithUs and
the Raul
Wallenberg
Centre for Human
Rights shall
file their
brief. SO
ORDERED. (Signed
by Judge Analisa
Torres on
9/23/2024)." And
now this: LETTER
MOTION for
Extension of
Time for
Government to
Respond to
Plaintiffs'
September 13,
2024 Submission
addressed to
Judge Analisa
Torres from Tara
Schwartz dated
September 25,
2024. Document
filed by United
States
On Sudan and
Egypt what are
the comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
on that Egypt
has denied the "
allegations " of
the head of the
Sudanese
paramilitaries
who accuses it
of having
carried out
airstrikes in
Sudan, against
its forces at
war since April
15, 2023 against
the regular army
of this
country.
On Rwanda and
free speech what
are the comments
and actions if
any of SG
Guterres and
separately USG
Fleming and Ian
Phillips, cc-ed
here, on that a
Rwandan YouTuber
has been
sentenced to
seven years in
prison for
breaching the
country's laws
on genocide
denial. Rashid
Hakuzimana, who
was arrested in
2021, denied all
the charges,
which also
included
inciting ethnic
division and
spreading false
information for
claiming that
anyone who dares
to challenge
President Paul
Kagame in
elections is
jailed. During
the trial, he
told the court
that it was
criticism of the
government in
his popular
YouTube videos
that was the
real reason for
his arrest.
On Cameroon what
are the comments
and actions if any
of SG Guterres and
separately of PGA
Yang (spokesperson
cc-ed here) on
that Cameroonian
President Paul
Biya, still in
Geneva,
Switzerland, did
not travel to New
York for the
United Nations
General Assembly
at the end of
September, where
he had been
announced. He was
also not present
at the
Francophonie
summit on October
4 and 5 in Paris,
nor in Hamburg,
Germany, at the
beginning of this
week. The health
of Paul Biya, 91,
who has led
Cameroon for 42
years, has been a
source of
conjecture and
concern in recent
days. Faced with
rumors about his
state of health,
in an official
statement, the
Cameroonian
authorities sought
to reassure.
On ITU and
corruption what
are the comments
and actions if any
of SG Guterres on
this Inner City
Press exclusive
from
whistleblowers,
Part II
"...ILOAT 4832 -
an example of the
pattern of abuse
by DBM against a
staff. DBM
was on a witchhunt
to punish and
discipline the
staff, despite the
disciplinary
chamber finding no
misconduct and
recommending no
sanction.
Because of DBM,
the staff was
demoted two grades
through DBM's
alternative
justice system
("lawfare"), which
the Tribunal found
to be
improper.
here Abuse of a
staff who was
demoted 2 grades,
the victim of a
witch hunt by DBM,
which ILOAT found
to be improper:
"The addition of
another layer of
investigation in
the disciplinary
process, not
contemplated by
the internal rules
of the
organization,
which may have, as
it did, set aside
the findings of
the advisory body
provided for in
these rules,
coupled with the
absence of sharing
with the
complainant of the
new evidence
gathered during
this process
before a final
decision on the
disciplinary
measure imposed
was reached,
amounted to gross
procedural
irregularities
that violated the
complainant’s
right of defense
and entitlement to
due
process.""
And this, on
UNCTAD: "Since
assuming office in
2021, Grynspan has
wasted no time in
leveraging her
position as a
platform for her
own political
aspirations. The
organization’s
60th anniversary
event in June,
which should have
been an
opportunity to
renew its
commitment to
advancing the
interests of the
developing world,
was instead used
as a launchpad for
her campaign for
the UN’s top
job.
In 2022, UN chief
Antonio Guterres
assigned Grynspan
to coordinate a
task force working
on the global
response to the
impacts of the war
in Ukraine, and
she quickly turned
it into the
vehicle for her UN
campaign, pushing
UNCTAD’s work to
the back burner.
Instead, she
spends her time
scratching the
backs of developed
countries in hopes
that they will
return the favour
when the time
comes for her bid
for the UN
Secretary-General
position." Part 1
of x
On deadline what are
SG Guterres' comment
and actions if any
on the UN part of
the indictment
unsealed here in
SDNY against NYC
Mayor Adams
AGAIN on
Cameroon what are the
comments and actions
if any of of SG
Guterres and
separately PGA Yang
(Spox Birch cc-ed
here) on this:
Cameroon: Arrest in
Norway of one of the
main English-speaking
separatist leaders
Norwegian police
announced on September
25, 2024 the arrest of
Lucas Ayaba Cho, one
of the main separatist
leaders demanding
independence for the
two English-speaking
regions of
Cameroon.
On Sudan what are the
comments and actions of
SG Guterres on that
major army offensive on
the capital Airstrikes
and artillery fire
rocked the capital of
Sudan on September 26,
2024, which has been at
war for nearly a year
and a half, and where
the army is engaged in
fierce fighting against
rival paramilitary
forces
On CAR what are the
comments and actions of
SG Guterres on this:
Central African
Republic: Lawyer of
rebel leader Nourd
Gregaza denounces his
“kidnapping”, the
prosecution explains
Since his return to the
country on September 20,
the leader of the rebel
group Parti du
Rassemblement de la
Nation Centrafricaine
(PRNC) has been detained
at the Roux camp. Nourd
Gregaza's lawyer
denounces " kidnapping
". According to a press
release read by the
first deputy prosecutor,
the PRNC leader is being
prosecuted for
complicity in murder and
assassination. He claims
that an international
arrest warrant had been
issued against him
AGAIN on UN
sexual abuse,
immediately
provide all
if-asked info
and what if
anything has
been done for
the victim(s)
of the UN
child rapes in
DRC, and the
rape data
dumped on the
UN web site on
September 20
in CAR, and
still on
Sepember 12 of
UN sexual
abuse in
AFGHANISTAN,
and still on
August 16,
barebones
notice of
sexual assault
in/by UNIFIL
in July 2024
which on
August 19 and
still on
August 20 was
not visible on
the UN
website,
covered up,
and still on
August 1 at 2
pm including
child rape by
Cameroon UN
"Peacekeeper"
in CAR, and
still on July
22 including
UN child rapes
in South Sudan
and CAR and
and still on
July 19, child
rape in CAR by
a civilian UN
employees
(nationality
withheld -
why) and still
on July 8 of
two 2024 cases
of UN sexual
abuse in
DRC and
before that on
June 27
- 2023
rape in CAR by
Senegal
"peacekeeper,"
etc, and from
May child
rapes by
civilian UN
staff,
nationality
undisclosed -
why? - and by
peacekeers
from Cameroon,
and previously
in CAR by a UN
civilian,
nationality
undisclosed -
why? - and
more by
Cameroon, and
still those of
April 26
regarding a UN
child rape in
CAR, and other
unidentified
civilian
abuses in
South Sudan?
What is the
status of the
claimed
criminal
referrals
pending, and
why are others
"N/A"? And
still on those
data dumped
April 22
including a
child rape in
CAR by a
Civilians
(nationality
undisclosed -
why?) and
still on on
April 15
including by a
Paraguayan
"peacekeeper"
in UNVMC, Sri
Lanka and
Cameroon in
MINUSCA, also
from Pakistan,
Madagascar,
Sierra Leone
and several
"N/A's" - why?
- and still
April 8 -
second data
dump of that
day - of a UN
"peacekeeper"
from Sierra
Leone sexually
abusing in
UNSOS, and
again by
Cameroon in
CAR - and
ealier on
April 8 of
sexual abuse
in CAR by a
"peacekeepers"
from Cameroon
- and a top
line,
Civilian, with
no information
whatsoever -
and still
April 2 of UN
"peacekeeper"
from Cameroon
abusing in CAR
(and what the
year "9202"
means),
https://conduct.unmissions.org/sea-data-introduction
and still on
April 1 of UN
"peacekeepers"
from Morocco,
Uruguay and
South Africa
(and one with
country not
disclosed -
why?) and
still those
data dumped on
March 18 on
rapes
including
child rape in
DRC by UN
"peacekeepers"
from South
Africa and
Senegal, and
still on child
rape by a
UNPOL police
from Burkina
Faso in DRC,
and still on
Feb 22
of Cameroon UN
"peacekeepers"
raping in CAR,
and still
those data
dumped on
January 30 -
more sex abuse
by
peacekeepers
from Cameroon
in CAR, and
from January
26 the rape by
a
"peacekeeper"
from Pakistan
in CAR, and
abuse by
Cameroon - and
on Jan 17 of
sexual abuse
in the DRC by
a UN
"Civilians,"
nationality
undiscosed -
why not? and
still on those
data dumped
Jan 15 of 2023
sexual abuse
by Senegal UN
"peacekeepers,"
and from
Cameroon and
South Africa?
And, still
unaswerned, by
Morocco UN
peacekeeper
and child rape
and
exploitation
in DRC, and
stil Dec 20 of
UN child rape
in South Sudan
by a UN
civilian,
nationality
undisclosed
(why?) and
still that
data dumped on
Dec 14 of DRC
and "civilian"
UN rape
in DRC and the
others data
dumped on Dec
14, and on Nov
30 of
Mauritania
"peacekeeper"
child rape in
2023 in CAR,
South Africa
child rapes in
DRC, and data
dumped Nov 7
(child rape in
CAR, also SEA
by Nigeria and
Senegal
"peacekeepers),
and still on
Nov 1 (Nigeria
in South
Sudan,
undisclosed
civilian in
DRC), and
still on
Oct 23
(unknown/undisclosed
civilian in
DRC, South
African in
DRC) and still
Tananzia in
DRC, Cameroon
peacekeepers'
abuse in CAR,
Egypt in DRC),
and still
September 21
about sexual
exploitation
by a Cameroon
"peacekeeper"
of a child -
why is that
not called
rape? and of
Sept 20 - amid
UNGA - about
sexual abuse
by a Cameroon
peacekeeper in
CAR, and on
Sept 12-13
about sexual
abuse by
Uganda and S
Africa troups
and a child
rape by a UN
"civilian" in
DRC
What is are
the comments
and any
actions of SG
Guterres on
this, sent to
Inner City
Press by
whistleblowing
UN staff: "Mr.
SG We
would like to
give you an
update
summarizing
the disasters
that have been
happening
during the
long tenure of
USG Khare and
Ms. Van Den
Berg in
DOS. We
believe the
below summary
is significant
to understand
the current
situations we
are going
through in
most of the
Missions:
Starting from
the DMS and
CMS, past and
current
ones:
-
-
Rick Martin,
D2, DOS
Special
Project was
dismissed
without UN
benefit for
harassment
including
sexual
harassment.
-
Robert
Kirkwood, D1,
CMS UNISFA,
suspended
together with
the SRSG for
fraud with the
Contractors,
and then opted
for early
retirement. He
is due to to
be replaced by
Ms. Uchenna
Odenigbo,
former CMS in
UNITAMS, who
herself is
under
investigation
for financial
fraud in
Sudan. Ms
Odenigbo is
currently CMS
in UNSMIL
where she is
harassing
Staff and
recruiting
others to
questionable
positions
using her
influence.
Chief SCM Mr.
Louay Mostafa
is not in the
Country being
PNG for
falsification
of documents
and under
investigation
for
harassment.
-
Huda Hannina,
CMS D1 in
UNSMIL,
suspended for
almost three
years, on full
pay, despite
fact findings
having proven
her
responsibility
for fraud,
mismanagement
of resources,
abuse of power
and authority.
There have
been no
actions taken
against her
and remains on
full salary.
Current SRSG
Khoury, her
friend, is
trying to get
her back
despite all
Mission being
against it,
and will not
accept this
corruption.
-
Amadu
Timbilla, D1
Supply Chain
Management in
MONUSCO under
investigation
for sex for
jobs and
misuse of UN
assets.
[Part 2 of x]
AGAIN,
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
and separately
of the
Slovenia
Mission, as
UNSC president
and otherwise,
to the rule of
now convicted
(of
corruption)
and
incarcerated
ex-PM Janez
Jansa in
Slovenia
currently
occupying a UN
Security
Council seat,
this month?
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.
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.
How does SG
Guterres and his
UN justify banning
Inner City Press
which reports
critically on the
UN, and not even
answer letters
from two pro bono
law firms, Quinn
Emanuel and
Duane Morris?
Still on
Mozambique itself,
for answer before or
at 12:30 - request
is in, for WebEx
access - what are
the comments and
actions if any of SG
Guterres - and
Mozambique - on that
Islamic State
Mozambique Province
(ISMP) Claims
Burning Over 230
Christian Houses In
Series Of Attacks In
Country's Nampula
Province, Conducts
'Preaching Tour' In
Muslim Villages In
Country's North
AGAIN on UN sexual
abuse, immediately
provide all if-asked
info and what if
anything has been done
for the victim(s) of the
UN child rapes in DRC
data dumped on the UN
web site on April 26
regarding a UN child
rape in CAR, and other
unidentified civilian
abuses in South Sudan?
What is the status of
the claimed criminal
referrals pending, and
why are others "N/A"?
And still on those data
dumped April 22
including a child rape
in CAR by a Civilians
(nationality undisclosed
- why?) and still on
April 15 including by a
Paraguayan"peacekeeper"
in UNVMC, Sri Lanka and
Cameroon in MINUSCA, also
from Pakistan, Madagascar,
Sierra Leone and several
"N/A's" - why? - and still
April 8 - second data dump
of that day - of a UN
"peacekeeper" from Sierra
Leone sexually abusing in
UNSOS, and again by Cameroon
in CAR - and ealier on April
8 of sexual abuse in CAR by a
"peacekeepers" from Cameroon -
and a top line, Civilian, with
no information whatsoever -
and still April 2 of UN
"peacekeeper" from Cameroon
abusing in CAR (and what the
year "9202" means) and
still on April 1 of UN
"peacekeepers" from Morocco, Uruguay
and South Africa (and one with
country not disclosed - why?) and
still those data dumped on March 18
on rapes including child rape in DRC
by UN "peacekeepers" from South
Africa and Senegal, and still on
child rape by a UNPOL police from
Burkina Faso in DRC, and still on
Feb 22 of Cameroon UN
"peacekeepers" raping in CAR
On Honduras, with
the March 8 guilty
verdicts against
former president JOH
taking place here in
SDNY finally (and
immediately)
disclose what SG
Guterres' three
person panel did in
Honduras in 2017
after JOH's stolen
election, including
if any report was
produced and a copy
of it.
Speaking
of reporting, immediately explain from UN
Spokesman Duarric's quote in Fortune here
that Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman
for the U.N. secretary-general, tells me
that Lee’s prohibition has nothing to do
with his coverage. “It’s basic human
behavior, and he violated those rules,”
Dujarric says. “He was creating an unsafe
environment.”
1) if this has been only about safety, why
have none of you answered written Press
questions, on Gaza, etc? Why no access via
WebEx, as I have at IMF and as you grant
others who publish far less UN coverage? How
is this anything but censorship and how can
it be that USG Melissa Fleming has not even
answered the Duane Morris pro bono law firms
letters, by October 30?
AGAIN on UN sexual abuse, immediately
provide all if-asked info and what if
anything has been done for the victim(s) of
the UN child rape in DRC data dumped on the
UN web site on Nov 1 (Nigeria in South
Sudan, undisclosed civilian in DRC), and
still on Oct 23 (unknown/undisclosed
civilian in DRC, South African in DRC) and
still Tananzia in DRC, Cameroon
peacekeepers' abuse in CAR, Egypt in DRC),
and still September 21 about sexual
exploitation by a Cameroon "peacekeeper" of
a child - why is that not called rape? and
of Sept 20 - amid UNGA - about sexual abuse
by a Cameroon peacekeeper in CAR, and on
Sept 12-13 about sexual abuse by Uganda and
S Africa troups and a child rape by a UN
"civilian" in DRC
Immediately confirm Melissa Fleming's
receipt of, and response to, the October 16
letter from the Duane Morris law firm
(attached to each of you on October 16
before noon) about restoring me to resident
correspondent status immediately,
starting "Re: Immediate Restoration of
Matthew Russell Lee’s MALU Credentials
Dear Ms. Fleming: We write, for the second
time, on behalf of Matthew Russell Lee
Confirm Melissa Fleming's receipt of, and
response to, the attached letter about
restoring me to resident correspondent
status immediately [more to come]
On Gaza, some reported that UN Spokesman
(Dujarric) around 10 pm on Oct 12
"announced" Israel's request - immediately
state where and to whom that was announced,
and the basis
On Chad what are the comments and actions if
any of SG Guterres on that Chadian
opposition leader Succès Masra has said he
is postponing his return from self-exile to
next month on the advice of the Democratic
Republic of Congo's president. Mr Masra, the
head of the Transformers party, fled Chad a
year ago following a deadly crackdown on
protesters opposed to election delays by the
ruling military junta. He vowed last month
to return home by 20 October, the
anniversary of the protests. But in a
statement on Sunday, he said Congolese
President Félix Tshisekedi, the current
chairperson of the Economic Community of
Central African States (Eccas) bloc, advised
him to delay his return until early
November. He did not say on what date he now
plans to return
On Liberia what are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on that While
Liberians await the results of Tuesday's
general election, a top EU observer has
accused politicians who are already in
office of overspending on their electoral
campaigns and using government resources for
them. Neither President George Weah nor
other incumbent politicians have commented
on the claim
On Chinese government corruption what
are the comments and actions if any of SG
Guterres on the evidence in yesterday's US v
SBF trial in SDNY about Chinese officials
demanding $150 million to unfreeze $1
billion on two crypto currency
exchanges?
AGAIN: On UNRWA what are the comments and
actions if any of SG Guterres on the
recently passed budget in the US Department
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, which includes
"heightened scrutiny of the UN agency
assisting Palestinian refugees and would
deny funding to move the US embassy in
Israel out of Jerusalem. A report from the
House Appropriations Committee accompanying
the bill notes the US Congress’s
“longstanding concerns” that the UN Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in
the Near East (UNRWA) supports educational
programs that promote incitement to violence
against Israelis and Jews. “The committee
notes the longstanding concerns that
educational materials used in UNRWA schools
induce incitement or are otherwise
inconsistent with the values of human
rights, dignity, and tolerance,” the report
says. “The committee is further concerned by
the United States Government’s lack of
visibility on the curricula utilized in
UNRWA schools given these allegations and
the United States’ status as a significant
donor to UNRWA.” The US secretary of
state would have 30 days to designate
someone to review “a significant and
representative selection of textbooks and
other educational materials utilized by
UNRWA schools in the West Bank and Gaza.”
On Angola, what are the comments and
actions if any of SG Guterres on that more
than 130 protesters have been detained by
police in Angola for taking part in a
separatist march calling for autonomy for
the northern region.
On UN corruption and lack of answers, after
each of your have refused Inner City Press'
questions about those UN linked individuals
indicted in SDNY, explain this: "Francis
Lorenzo was still able to freely walk the
halls of the institution at that time, and
only lost his U.N. ID several years later,
when it expired in August 2018, U.N.
spokesman Dujarric said" - confirm or deny
that the UN continued to let Lorenzo in fact
not only his indictment for bribery, but
also his guilty plea, while banning Inner
City Press which exposed and reported on
it
AGAIN on UN sexual abuse, immediately
provide all if-asked info and what if
anything has been done for the victim(s) of
the UN child rape in DRC data dumped on the
UN web site on Oct 3 (Tananzia in DRC,
Cameroon peacekeepers' abuse in CAR, Egypt
in DRC), and still September 21 about sexual
exploitation by a Cameroon "peacekeeper" of
a child - why is that not called rape? and
of Sept 20 - amid UNGA - about sexual abuse
by a Cameroon peacekeeper in CAR, and on
Sept 12-13 about sexual abuse by Uganda and
S Africa troups and a child rape by a UN
"civilian" in DRC
On Egypt what are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on that Around 400
people in Egypt have been arrested over
“riot incidents” after President Abdul
Fattah al-Sisi announced that he would run
for a third term
On Egypt what are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on the evidence of
Egypt's bribery of US Sen Menendez here in
SDNY, previously asked about, and now on
that rights groups say that the use of
torture by the Egyptian authorities is so
widespread and systematic as to amount to a
crime against humanity. In a report
submitted to the UN Committee against
Torture, six groups spoke of beatings,
electric shocks, sexual violence and denial
of access to medical care by members of the
security services.
Immediately state who pays each member of
PGA Dennis Francis' Team and provide
comments, both from PGA office (cc-ed here)
and Secretariat on what basis Ralph Kader,
the foreign minister of the fake country of
Monte de Agrella, is a member of the PGA's
team (tellingly, without a UN email address,
or any email address, listed so not cc-ed),
see here
On the SDNY indictment of US Sen Menendez
for, among other things, taking bribes to
help Egypt's government get weapons and
"help" on the Rennaisance Dam?
AGAIN on UN sexual abuse, immediately
provide all if-asked info and what if
anything has been done for the victim(s) of
the UN child rape in DRC data dumped on the
UN web site on September 21 about sexual
exploitation by a Cameroon "peacekeeper" of
a child - why is that not called rape? and
of Sept 20 - amid UNGA - about sexual abuse
by a Cameroon peacekeeper in CAR, and on
Sept 12-13 about sexual abuse by Uganda and
S Africa troups and a child rape by a UN
"civilian" in DRC
Immediately explain, both from UN
Secretariat and PGA POVs, why Dennis
Francis' website STILL does not list his
"team" much less, as was promised after the
indictment of PGA Ashe, who pays each of
them. Also, why the only funders to the
Trust Fund are China, Qatar, Kuwait and
Saudi Arabia, and what they are getting.
Three additional PGA staffers are cc-ed here
Immediately explain the basis for a
$800 or $2000 charge to hear "H.E." Melissa
Fleming speak during UNGA week. Is she still
going to appear?
Again on UN sexual abuse, immediately
provide all if-asked info and what if
anything has been done for the victim(s) of
the UN child rape in DRC data dumped on the
UN web site on Sept 12-13 about sexual abuse
by Uganda and S Africa troups and a child
rape by a UN "civilian" in DRC
On DRC what are the comments and actions if
any of SG Guterres and separately USG
Fleming on that A top court in the
Democratic Republic of Congo has jailed an
opposition politician for seven years after
finding him guilty on 12 charges, including
spreading false rumours and insulting the
head of state. Jean-Marc Kabund had been
detained since August last year, when he was
arrested for criticising President Felix
Tshisekedi and his government.
Again on UN sexual abuse, immediately
provide all if-asked info and what if
anything has been done for the victim(s) of
the UN child rape in DRC data dumped on the
UN web site on August 18 at 9:30 am
No answers from USUN or UN
On UN sex abuse, immediately provide all
if-asked info - what's been done for victims
- on the new cases data dumped on the UN web
site on August 15, 2023 and explain how the
Cameroonian peacekeeper's sex with a child
in CAR is described as an "exploitative
relationship" and not rape, even the age.
On UN
censorship of Press, immediately explain
why MALU and each of you has not even
responded to Inner City Press' June 19,
2023 application to enter and cover UNGA
week in September, but have allowed in -
as resident correspondents - many who have
published nothing, while Inner City Press
Aug 11, 2023 report has already been
reported in, among others, India, Hungary, France, Greece, Argentina, Spain, Taiwan, Germany, etc
On Iran's deal to release 5 Iranian
Americans to home detention, immediately
state if there is any relation to the
Houthis' release of UNDSS staff on which the
SG has commented - this question is for
those cc-ed at USUN too; USUN should also
state which US convicted Iranian spies would
be released: Bahadorar? UN Mission-linked
Afrasiabi?
Questions not taken Aug 2, including for
those cc-ed - the US Mission -
On Niger, on Bazoom's minister inviting
military intervention by France, is it
legitimate as a matter of law?
On UN Peacekeeping, with the mission being
thrown out of Mali and DRC, and Haiti
wanting anything EXCEPT a UN mission, after
cholera and sexual abuse, what can be done
to restore (or create) some
credibility?
State why citizens of and journalists from
Taiwan cannot enter the UN and compliance
with such UNHQ host country principles as
the First Amendment
Immediately provide the if-asked and
all other information about the two new UN
rapes data dumped this morning, by Morocco
in DRC and unIDed civilian (from where?) in
South Sudan, as well by a Senegalese
"peacekeeper" in Haiti
July 24-1: What are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on this
video of Turkish authorities forcing
refoulement to Syria?
July 20-1: Now that Hugo Carvajal has been
extradited and is being detained in the US,
presentment covered by Inner City Press
which UN continues to ban, what are SG
Guterres' comments on Carvajal telling the
Spanish judiciary of payments of drug money
to a number of sitting leaders who plan to
attend the 2023 UNGA week - which Inner City
Press has applied, on June 19 and as
inquired about, to cover? When will that
application be ruled on?
July 17-1: On UN sexual abuse cases recently
data dumped, immediately provide the
if-asked information about the new MONUSCO
cases, Tanzanian and "civilians" with
nationality withheld - why? - and
immediately explain, as to the
Tanzanian UN Peacekeeper in MINUSCA in
2022-3 what Child - Transactional "no sex"
means.
July 11-1: What are the comments and actions
if any of SG Guterres on that The head of a
US think tank has been charged with acting
as a Chinese agent and attempting to broker
the sale of weapons and Iranian oil. Gal
Luft "agreed to covertly recruit and pay" an
unnamed ex-US official to publicly support
certain Chinese policies, federal
prosecutors say. The 57-year-old allegedly
attempted to broker arms sales involving
customers in China, Libya, the UAE and
Kenya.
July 11-2: Immediately provide all if-asked
information on the UN sex abused cases data
dumped July 11 (attached), involving UN
"peacekeepers" from South Africa, Malawi and
Guatemala including child rape, what if
anything has been done for the victims - and
why while Ban Ki-moon provided Press with
such info, each of you has refused, UN rape
after UN rape
July 5-1: Again on Pramilla Patten, what are
the comments and actions if any of SG
Guterres on Inner City Press' second scoop
on this, whistleblowers' complaints "about
Patten, among other things, writing
self-serving official letters to UN Resident
Coordinators to score VIP airport treatment
and UN vehicles for her personal trips and
vacations and... for her son"?
June 23-1: IMMEDIATELY provide all if-asked
and other information about the new
charge of UN sexual abuse in Sudan in
May 2023 by a civilian - provide the
nationality - which the UN date dumped this
morning, about the Office of Support to
Civilian Protection in the United Nations
Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in
Sudan (UNITAMS), after yesterday's dump of
cases in DRC and CAR - and explain why under
SG Guterres this information is withheld in
response to Press requests, unlike even
under Ban Ki-moon, and the Press that asks
remains banned.
June 22-1: Immediately state what has been
done on Pramilla Patten's email to
Geraldine Boezio, Chloé Marnay-Baszanger,
Letitia Anderson, Tonderai Chikuhwa,
Bernadette Sene and Nancee Oku Bright
that Inner City Press has exclusively published,
and the internal justice case it has
reported exclusively about?
What are SG Guterres' comments on
Hemedti public support of Perthes?
How does SG Guterres justify this
indefinite ban, to UNDT and to the UN -
including the upcoming UNGA week the ability
to access which you should notify Inner City
Press immediately
June 8-1: Immediately provide all if-asked
information on the new UN sex abused cases
cynically data dumped June 7 at 12:02 pm,
involving UN "peacekeepers" from South
Africa, Malawi and Guatemala including child
rape, what if anything has been done for the
victims - and why while Ban Ki-moon provided
Press with such info, each of you has
refused, UN rape after UN rape
On the UNTSO sex-in-the-UN-van video
first published by Inner City Press, please
state what the accountability has been, that
the UN has now claimed to /on AFP
May 25-1: Immediately explain why Inner City
Press was not allowed to enter and attend
and cover the Ghana + 2 stakeout
today, despite this
Also on DRC, comment on this
What are the comments and actions if
any of SG Guterres on the UN system
corruption alleged to Inner City Press at
UNCA, UNIDO
and UNDP
Again, on deadline, what is the response of
SG Guterres, and role of DSG Amina J.
Mohammed, on the staff complaint against
Pramila Patten?
And what if the SG's comment and action on
the sentencing to 4 years in prison of Cary
Yan of WOGC, the "NGO" Inner City Press
exposed and asked you about after their
appearance in the UN in 2017, whose founder
(and Francis Lorenzo, cited in Yan's
sentencing) still have access to the UN
while you block Inner City Press? Explain
On May 11, the IMF answered Inner City
Press' WebEx question on Cote d'Ivoire
austerity. On what basis does the UN ban
Inner City Press and answer none of its
written questions?
May 11-2: Immediately explain why you
did not answer Inner City Press' written
question on January 26, 2022: " On Western
Sahara and MINURSO and Ivanko, on which
Inner City Press has previously asked and
you have not answered, now confirm or deny
his / family relation to the woman for whom
they bought a house in Layounne and are
openly trying to promote in the UN system" -
but then answered, on Ivanko, a
correspondent who later asked about Ivanko.
Provide all answers to Inner City Press,
which asked, pursuant to this "promise"
May 3-1: Please explain SG Guterres' WPFD
video statement, compared to his and USG
Fleming's ongoing ban on Inner City Press,
which covers the IMF (by WebEx), courts, and
has NYC Press Pass - but is banned from UN,
no response to Quinn Emanual law firm's pro
bono letter
On Daniela Bas, immediately
provide SG Guterres / team comment on
this to Inner City Press from
whistleblowers: "Dear Matthew Russell
Lee: Tell the Daniela Bas story. This
director of social affairs got fired
from DESA for corruption" - here
What are the comments and
actions if any of SG Guterres on
the arrest and detention in SDNY
of Miles Kwok / Guo Wengui and his
chief of staff?
IMF answers Inner City Press - how the the
UN, taking public money, justify not
answering? See IMF here
March 15-1: Immediately provide all
if-asked information about the rape in CAR
by Morocco UN Peacekeeper data dumped this
morning (photo here)
- what's been done for the victims? For
accountability?
Immediate state SG Guterres' understanding
of the relationship to the Syrian
government, now and in the past, of
yesterday's UNDP ASG post awardee Abdallah
Al Dardari
March 6-1: Immediately explain SG
Guterres' selfie and apparently meeting in
Iraq with Rayan Al Kildani — US-designated
human rights abuser and US designated
terrorist Qais Al Khazali. Photo here.
Also, what are SG Guterres' comments and
actions if any on the current death penalty
trial in SDNY, US v. Sayfullo Saipov, the
Inner City Press is reporting
on?
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?
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.
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
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
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 Somalia and UNSOS what are
the comments and actions of SG
Guterres on this, sent to Inner City
Press, here
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.
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?
On UNMIK (and OIOS) corruption, what are SG
Guterres'the of those addressed on
whistleblower complaints to Inner City Press her
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.
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."
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.
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?
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,
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
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 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."
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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