| Past UN Official Stelzer
Replies on Suspension from Anti Corruption
Group UNlike Guterres
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE, Aug 19
– How corrupt is the
United Nations? Well, as we
reported on July 31, 2023,
former UN Assistant Thomas
Stelzer irregular payment to
whom Inner City Press asked
the UN Spokesperson about
until it was thrown out of the
UN, has now been suspended as
head of the International
Anti-Corruption Academy for,
what else, corruption.
The
suspension, confirmed by
Stelzer himself, is about
private trips that were
declared as professional and
incorrectly charged expenses.
In addition, earmarked funds
are said not to have been used
for the intended projects. The
public prosecutor's office in
Wiener Neustadt confirmed on
request that they were
examining an initial
suspicion.
Inner City
Press, before ouster
orchestrated by UN Secretary
General Antonio Guterres and
his spokesman Stephane
Dujarric asked then UN
Spokesperson Martin Nesirky,
"what are the specifics of
working at the UN without a
contract? It said that Mr.
Stelzer is being paid as,
almost as a consultant,
although he is an ASG, at
least on paper.
Nesirky,
still employed by the UN in
Vienna, replied, Well, I don’t
think right here and now I
would want to get into
individual personnel cases. I
don’t think that is
appropriate.
Now by contrast
to the UN of Antonio Guterres
and Stephane Dujarric,
refusing to answer this and
other questions, this from
Stelzer: "Dear Matthew Russel
Lee, Just becoming aware
that I have returned to Inner
City Press. I appreciate your
efforts to enhance
transparency. This is what I
have been pursuing all my
life. Regarding the
anonymous allegations brought
against me as Dean of the
International Anti-Corruption
Academy, I have informed
friends and colleagues
(transparently and
pro-actively). For your
information, I am copying that
message into this mail.
In the meantime, I have
responded in writing to all
anonymous allegations, which I
believe are completely false
and also without criminal
relevance. I am
confident that my explanation
will disprove all allegations,
that the State Prosecutor‘s
Office will discontinue the
investigation and that I will
be able to return to my job to
continue offering technical
assistance and capacity
building to practitioners in
the fight against
corruption. With my best
regards. Thomas Stelzer
Inner City
Press has been banned from the
UN, and no response yet to its
June 19, 2023 application
to re-enter and cover the
September 2023 UNGA week. Is
that appropriate? Watch this
site.
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