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In Corrupt UN WIPO of Tang Whistleblowers Complaint Denied sans Explanation Cover Up

by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

UN GATE, Dec 20  – How corrupt is the UN system under Antonio Guterres? Well, the day before Guterres was set amid Gaza, bombings and hostages to party down with Sharon Stone and the UN Correspondents Association at Casa Cipriani, WIPO in Geneva did the same. (A year later on December 13, 2024, the same sale of Guterres is planned).

The World Intellectual Property Organization under Director General Daren Tang threw a lavish party on December 14, 2023, Inner City Press far-flung whistleblowing sources told it, and it exclusively reported.

On December 18, a complaint was filed with Tang, citing Inner City Press' exclusive report: "Dear Director General Daren Tang, We write to you as WIPO whistleblowers.... See article in the media https://www.innercitypress.com/ungate1wipoicp121523.html"

 Guterres has said nothing, refusing through his spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming to even answer if it is false that Stone is receiving a "UN" award from UNCA, apparently the UN Censorship Alliance while Inner City Press which reports extensively on the UN remains banned. Now it's Theo James. Corrupt.

  On December 20, this: "Hi Matthew,  Please see below and attached  Unsurprisingly, our complaint against WIPO's Director of Internal Oversight Division Julie Nyang'aya (for mishandling and burrying corruption allegations against her boss WIPO Director General Daren Tang) has been squelched. The Vice Chair of WIPO's Coordination Committee (there is no Chair) and WIPO Assistant Director General Kenichiro Natsume (who reports to Director General Tang) decided to close our complaint against Julie Nyang'aya on the advice of WIPO's all-male Independent Advisory Oversight Committee (IAOC).

No reasons were provided for closing our complaint. Yet the same IAOC had colluded with Ms. Nyang'aya to burry the initial corruption allegations against Daren Tang. The entire process for addressing corruption by the Director General is mired in conflicts of interests and reeks of a cover-up.  We will continue to fight corruption at the highest levels of WIPO and raise our serious concerns about the independence of the investigative function. We have written to Secretary General Antonio Guterres on numerous occasions to report our concerns about corruption at WIPO and over Daren Tang's integrity but there has been no substantive response." That's Guterres for you.

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