In
Corrupt UN of Guterres Another UNESCO Year
Of Azoulay Bus Station and Rest Room
Chronicles
By Matthew
Russell Lee &
sources,
Exclusive
UN
GATE, Jan 22
– UNESCO,
like the whole
UN system
under Antonio
Guterres is
falling apart
in corruption
and fraud.
Inner
City Press has
been reporting
on serious
malfeasance by
the French
Audrey Azoulay
administration
at UNESCO in
Paris, almost
as bad as
Antonio
Guterres'
corruption in
and of the UN
in New York. A
fish rots from
the head.
During
DG Azoulay's
term in
office, abuse
and corruption
are spreading
around
unpunished.
Not only have
measures not
been taken to
fight fraud,
but even
worse, those
involved in
the corruption
schemes are
getting
generous
UNdeserved
promotions and
cushy jobs,
while those
exposing the
corruption are
under constant
threat of
harassment and
mistreatments
like in the
Culture and
Science
Sectors of the
agency.
Following the
exposure by
Inner City
Press of
several
internal
scandals, the
administration
of the French
DG Azoulay is
in turmoil.
But definitely
there is more
to come.
Second
terms are
always
difficult, and
the lame duck
Azoulay is
about to learn
this the hard
way. The
biggest blow
to her
carefully
constructed
image and
reputation
came last
month during
her official
visit to
Morocco, when
King Mohammed
VI refused to
meet her as
per the
protocol
governing
visits of
heads of UN
agencies.
Inner City
Press reported
on this, but
the photo
below was only
recently
brought to our
attention.
What's
the point of
having a
father in the
palace if he
can't even get
a meeting for
his
baby-daughter
in the palace,
that's an
obviously
disturbing
question for
UNESCO's
Director
general.
Instead,
Madame Azoulay
received a
resounding
slap in the
face. While
she spent her
infanthood in
Morocco and
became
familiar with
the royal
environment,
here she comes
to Morocco as
DG of UNESCO
and receives
indecent
treatment.
Instead of an
audience with
the King, she
was allowed to
simply curtsy
to His Majesty
for less than
two minutes
while King
Mohammed VI
inaugurated
the new bus
station in
Rabat.
So this
is what
happens to the
head of
UNESCO: a
meeting at a
new bus
station
instead of an
audience at
the
palace.
But the most
outrageous
thing is
Azoulay's
bent-forward
position in
the photo.
Before
going any
further,
everyone
should take
another look.
After a search
of the
archives, we
can say that
no other UN
agency head
has ever
adopted such a
humiliating
posture in
front of a
head of state
or other
senior
official. This
is not only
humiliating
for DG
Azoulay, it is
also extremely
disturbing for
UNESCO and for
the UN as a
whole.
This is the
posture of the
lady who
claims to be
inaccessible
to ambassadors
and ministers.
This is the
Frenchwoman
who, since her
election in
2017, has
adopted the
attitude of an
icon and
despite the
criticism
still fiercely
protects her
image as a
haughty and
unapproachable
DG. But now
what? Who
could take her
seriously from
now on. Even a
slave would do
the bowing
with some
dignity unlike
DG Audrey
Azoulay.
In addition to
her proven
attitude of
"licking up
and spiting
down", Ms
Azoulay is
also good at
having private
fun with
public money.
This was
illustrated by
Inner City
Press
publications
on her
decision to go
on holiday to
Venice, Italy,
and pay for a
‘boat’ with
funds from the
agency's
regular
Cultural
sector budget
(here)
Most
of the time,
corrupt
politicians
enjoy and
profit from
money stolen
from the
public purse.
But sometimes
they struggle
and suffer.
And Audrey
Azoulay could
suffer even
more if IOS
effectively
investigates
the new
evidence we
are now able
to provide to
the heavily
closed eyes of
IOS
investigators.
After our own
investigation,
it turns out
that the
German owner
of the boat,
which had been
rented to Ms
Azoulay and
her family,
was in contact
with only two
people in the
UNESCO office
in Venice who
were involved
in the illegal
financial
transaction.
One is
the Director
of the office,
Brazilian Ana
Luiza
Thompson-Flores,
who gave the
necessary
authorization
to process the
boat rental,
and the other
UNESCO
official is
Italian Matteo
Rosati, who
has been under
contract with
the Venice
office for
several years
now.
Strangely
enough,
shortly after
the scandal
was revealed
by Inner City
Press, the
Director Ana
Luiza
Thompson-Flores
was removed
and rushed to
Geneva in a
desperate
cover-up
operation to
"save the
soldier
Azoulay". As
for Rosati, to
keep him
quiet,
Azoulay's
cabinet
promised him a
permanent
position as he
was the one
who dealt
directly and
negotiated the
price with the
German owner
of the boat on
behalf of
UNESCO for the
private needs
of Azoulay and
her family.
So,
if IOS is to
have any
credibility
left, both Ana
Luiza
Thompson-Flores
and Matteo
Rosati must be
thoroughly
investigated
and
questioned.
Any findings
should be made
public to
members of the
UNESCO
Executive
Board.
Moreover,
Azoulay's
cabinet has
been on fire
since last
week and is
building a
counter-offensive
in front of
member states
which are
increasingly
curious about
the facts
revealed in
the French
press that are
a public
disgrace for
Audrey
Azoulay. Take
a look at this
one, which
simply proves
once again
that DG
Azoulay is not
up to the
ethical and
moral
standards
required for
the job.
During
her tenure as
Minister of
Culture in
2016 and 2017,
a weird
harassment
case was
covered
directly by
Audrey Azoulay
and her
services.
Appalling but
according
to a too well
placed
whistleblower,
a senior civil
servant
working in a
high position
in the
Ministry under
Minister
Azoulay,
forced women
to urinate in
front of him.
A hearing took
place last
Friday before
the
administrative
court of Paris
to examine the
responsibility
of the State
in this
extraordinary
case. The
victims accuse
the Ministry
of Culture of
having
protected its
agent and of
having totally
ignored
numerous
alerts.
Thus,
for almost ten
years,
Christian N.,
a senior
official in
the Ministry
of Culture,
interviewed
women and used
the interviews
to photograph
them without
their
knowledge.
Above all, he
intoxicated
them to watch
them urinate
in front of
him. Christian
N., head of
human
resources,
received women
who were
applying for a
position in
his
department. He
would start by
offering them
tea or coffee,
discreetly
adding a
diuretic and
imposing a
walk outside.
Under the
effect of the
drug, the
victims could
no longer
restrain
themselves and
ended up
urinating in
front of him,
sometimes on
them, while he
pretended to
hide them. He
would then go
back to the
Ministry and
record
everything in
an Excel
spreadsheet
called
"Experiments".
Example: "She
starts to pull
down her
tights and
panties
(black). [...]
She squats
down and lets
out a very
strong and
long
stream".
At the time,
many victims
accused the
institution
and asked a
question: how
could this man
have
victimized so
many people
over such a
long period of
time without
ever being
investigated?
Indeed, many
elements show
that the
management of
the Ministry
of Culture
could hardly
ignore the
problematic
profile of
this senior
official.
The
fact is that
the alerts
went unheeded.
In 2016,
Marie, one of
the victims,
sent a letter
to the then
Minister of
Culture,
Audrey
Azoulay, the
current
Director
general of
UNESCO, to
point out the
actions of
Christian N.
She never
received even
a response and
no corrective
action was
either
instructed by
Azoulay or
taken by her
in response to
the growing
scandal.
This
is precisely
the same
attitude of
ignoring
victims that
Azoulay has
subsequently
adopted as her
policy at
UNESCO. She
has continued
to ignore all
warnings and
evidence of
inappropriate
and abusive
behavior by
ADGs and other
officials
appointed by
her. The
end-results is
that she has
intentionally
allowed
humiliation,
harassment and
misconduct to
spread
throughout the
agency,
killing staff
morale and
destroying the
agency's
credibility.
Why the member
states let
this happen
will be
clarified as
usual at the
end of her
painful second
and final
term.
But in
the meantime,
only Member
States can
oppose a
situation in
which senior
managers can
exercise total
abuse of power
and control
over staff,
including
through
intimidation
and harassment
that force
staff members
into fear and
obedience.
This is where
UNESCO stands
today. We will
have more on
that. Watch
this site.
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