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Corrupt UN of Guterres UNESCO Race Goes to
Egypt amid Unanswered Kassianides Qs
By Matthew
Russell Lee &
varied
sources, Exclusive
UN
GATE, Oct 6/7
– UNESCO,
like the whole
UN system
under Antonio
Guterres was
been
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.
The
UNESCO corruption
series
is now 141
stories
long, with
different
voices
On
October 6 Khaled
El-Enany of
Egypt was
selected to take
her post, by
the blow out
vote of 55 to
2. He had his
supporters - on
September 29
Inner City
Press published
one, a
counter point
to our expose
of Azoulay's
desperate
bid to prop up
the candidate
from Congo
Brazzaville:
Hi
Matthew,
Thank you for
the
innercitypress
reporting and
making sure
that important
truths are
shared. The
upcoming
election for
DG of UNESCO
is pretty
scary. Only
having two
candidates to
choose from is
sad and the
Egyptian
candidate does
not seem to be
an option for
change after
Azoulay.
Azoulay has extremely
late if at all
announced her
support for
the Egyptian
candidate
running for
UNSCO DG. It
is of course
not proper for
an incumbent
head of a UN
agency to
demonstrate
support for
candidates
campaigning to
succeed them.
But Audrey
Azoulay does
not follow
established
diplomatic
rules or act
out of concern
for the
organisation
she has been
in charge of
for the last 8
years. The
reason is
simple - she
is concerned
about her
legacy and her
concern is
well founded
as there is
surely enough
scandalous
evidence on
her reign of
UNESCO that
she would want
to
protect.
In fact
her former
chef du
cabinet,
Nicolas
Kassianides is
an active
contributor to
the Egyptian's
campaign and
has been
promised a
senior post so
that he can
once again
manage the
UNESCO
bureaucracy
which he
learned how to
manipulate
working for
Azoulay.
Kassianides
efficiently
facilitated
the wishes of
Azoulay and is
now planning
how he will
ensure her
legacy. He not
only took care
of his
boss but
also secured
lavish perks
for himself at
the expense of
member states,
treating the
UNESCO budget
as his
personal candy
shop. The
promotion of
his mistresses
and friends
regardless of
their
competencies
became a
trademark.
His
return to
UNESCO would
be disastrous
for the future
of the
organisation
which is
facing large
budget cuts
and must join
the struggle
of the UN to
reform,
downsize and
become
relevant.
Innercitypress
documented and
reported on
many of the
scandals
Kassianides
was
responsible
for and he had
to leave
UNESCO in
disgrace.
He is now
planning his
return to
UNESCO.
It
would be
interesting to
know if Egypt
intends to
give
additional
funding to
UNESCO if
their
candidate is
elected. They
have invested
large sums
already for a
2 year long
campaign
traveling
world on a
private jet,
promising
senior
positions for
votes and
funding from Nordic
and Japanese
voluntary
contributions.
We'll find
out -
here
was our farewell
review of the
Congolese
candidate, and
soon the same
for Azoulay
herself.
The UN system
is entire
corrupt, as we
have related
pointed out,
from Guterres
on down. Where
will his ample
thumb be on
the scale of
his successor?
Watch this
site.
This is
where UNESCO
stands today.
We will have
more on that.
Watch this
site.
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