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UN Colombia Mission Sex Scandals Link China  Guterres SRSG Ruiz Buying Next UN Post

by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

UN GATE, Nov 29 – How corrupt is today's UN under Antonio Guterres? Today's follow up, after leak, is yet once again on his mission in Colombia, about which his spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming refuse all Press questions. Inner City Press has asked them, and others, about the newest sex abuse case against the UN there. Now this sent to Inner City Press:

Dear Matthew Russell Lee,

  Further to your recent articles about UNVMC, we also have something else to report.  We are increasingly distressed by the abuse of power and favoritism exhibited by the Chief HR, Ms. Mar Brusola in her capacity as both a hiring manager and as Chief of Human Resources, she lacks relevant experience and a significant track record in human resources management. Her recruitment from Brindisi, where she worked in logistics, seems primarily motivated by her personal relationship with Chief CDU, Mr. Federico Ledesma, rather than her qualifications...

 During the financial crisis, when general recruitment was suspended, she promoted members of her own team — advancing one staff from UNV to NOA, another from NOB to NOC, and promoting a staff member from G5 to G7, 1 staff who just retired was taken back as UNV.

Moreover, she facilitated a promotion from P3 to P5 for her girlfriend of her same nationality (Spain) Ms Loreto Ferrer, who is also in a personal relationship with the SRSG and as thanks to their love affair she got a non-deserved promotion. After the promotion, Loreto also had her cousin to be recruited in UNMVC with the complicity of Mar.  

Chief HR, Mar also manipulated the recruitment process for the CMS D1 position, allowing her first reporting officer, Yang Wang, to be selected despite his fraudulent statement in his PHP about his Spanish proficiency and who has cheated in the exam for the Spanish question, as the entire mission is aware that his Spanish knowledge is less then basic. With Yang Wang releasing his post as P5 ORM, Mar will be selected by Yang for that position, getting a promotion as a prize for all her misconducts.  Anyone who reports her wrongdoings to CDU Mr. Federico Ledesma, becomes a target of harassment and retaliation from both. Whoever works with integrity and professionalism is sidelined and mobbed.  National staff members face constant abuse and threats in their own Country, and we are forced to endure a toxic work environment. 

The SRSG Carlos Ruiz is well aware of the misconduct of Chief HR Mar Brusola and her partner,  Chief CDU Federico Ledesma, as well as the troubling environment within the Mission, particularly in the MSD. This situation has been exacerbated by the leadership of Mr. Yang Wang, who, due to his limited capabilities and unprofessional demeanor, has created an unhealthy atmosphere. Mr. Wang was selected solely based on his Chinese nationality (so that the SRSG can get support by the Chinese government for his next nomination)

  And that's how Guterres and the UN work, buying the support of China. Will it continue?

See this attachment, including "there have been a lot of tensions among all staff, in particular following a number of anonymous reports via email, some of which also ended up in the public domain, (inner city press)."

We'll have more on all this. No answer from UN Spox Dujarric on this, or nomination of Elise Stefanik. Keep the info coming.

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