| WIPO Election Echoes
Guterres Second Term of Failure
and UNfunding among UN Betrayals
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
Feb 11 – How corrupt is
the UN system writ-large under
Antonio Guterres? Consider the
World
Intellectual
Property
Organization,
which has a (re) election
February 12-13.
As Inner City Press has
reported previously, serious
concerns continue to surround
the leadership of the World
Intellectual Property
Organization ahead of its
12–13 February 2026 election
for Director General. Member
States must choose between
incumbent Daren Tang of
Singapore and external
candidate Johanny Stanley
Joseph of Haiti. While
incumbents at UN agencies are
normally returned for a second
term, Mr. Tang faces
unresolved allegations
including retaliation against
whistleblowers, harassment,
corruption-related concerns,
and antisemitism — issues
previously reported by Inner
City Press and formally raised
by former officials.
Unlike the allegations
concerning former Director
General Francis Gurry, which
were subjected to an external
review, no independent,
external investigation has
been conducted into the
allegations against Mr. Tang.
Complaints were handled
internally and closed without
transparent public findings.
It is our understanding that
the Director General himself
was not interviewed in the
process. Whistleblowers report
that retaliation remains
ongoing. WIPO is one of
the wealthiest agencies in the
UN system, funded primarily
through global patent and
trademark fee revenue rather
than assessed Member State
contributions, and it operates
with significant financial
autonomy.
The Open
Letter from WIPO
whistleblowers and concerned
current and former staff calls
on Member States —
specifically those voting in
the Coordination Committee —
to conduct their own due
diligence before casting their
ballots, given the absence of
independent scrutiny and the
broader implications for
governance and accountability
within the UN system. A
re-election under these
circumstances would reinforce
longstanding concerns about
how senior UN officials
continue to be shielded from
meaningful external oversight.
It's like the
second term gifted to Guterres
after he stole the first one:
a death blow to the UN system,
its remaining credibility and
now funding.
See 2026 book:
United Nations Betrayals: From
Election Stolen by Guterres to
Bribes and Banning of the
Press: here
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