| South Sudan Tells
UN to Ground Spy Copters
and Not Spare Tony
Cronies From Budget Cuts
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN Gate
Exclusive,
Oct 29 – How corrupt is
today's UN under Antonio
Guterres? Consider South
Sudan, where UN personnel
stand accused of child rape on
which UN spokespeople Stephane
Dujarric and Melissa Fleming
have refused all Press
questions. On October 29 this,
from UN whistleblowers sent to
Inner City Press, which
exclusively publishes the
government's cable to the UN,
here
Dear Matthew
Russell Lee,
During
these critical periods when
the UNMISS Mission Leadership
are cutting staff posts and
have informed staff to reduce
expenditure, etc causing
severe mental health and low
morale amongst staff, it is
noted that UNMISS Senior
Management continue to spend
unnecessarily/ wasting funds.
It is not clear why its
leadership are still planning
to spend so much money on
Special flights traveling to
the field locations for one
(1) day return trips. The only
advantage for these trips is
that they receive DSAs for
personal gains. Are these
trips necessary during these
critical periods?
The UNMISS Chief
of Staff, Leda Limann ( Pastor
Leda) planned visit to Aweil
on 29 Oct was cancelled due to
the attached code
cable. The mission
is now in a very confused
state and it is not clear if
the contingency plan will be
effective. The mission has
failed by not coordinating
with the host government
earlier. The mission continues
to be discreet creating more
confusion amongst staff
members. It appears that
most mission leaders are
currently absent from duty.
The Director of
Mission Support is reportedly
on vacation, the SRSG Haysom
is on extended medical leave
[no answers from Guterres Spox
Dujarric], and the Chief of
Staff is preparing to depart
the mission area and traveling
to new York for a long
vacation. This leadership gap
has left staff increasingly
concerned about mission
direction, continuity, and
accountability.
Many staff
members believe the mission
leadership has drifted from
the core UN mandate and has
instead engaged in
questionable administrative
practices. Concerns have been
raised regarding possible
coordination between senior
leadership, the Chief of the
Conduct & Discipline Unit,
and OIOS in the use of
disciplinary mechanisms.
Reports indicate that cases
have been initiated
against genuine staff members
based purely on managerial
instruction during
private party gatherings,
where senior
officials(including OIOS &
CDT) drink vodka and smoke
weed.
Staff also report
that key decisions appear to
be influenced through informal
social gatherings among
certain senior officials
rather than through
transparent, impartial
institutional mechanisms.
There are serious concerns
regarding informal networks
influencing decisions on staff
retention and separation,
reportedly in alignment with
certain interests at UN
Headquarters. These practices
undermine transparency,
fairness, and the credibility
of the internal justice
system. These issues have not
gone unnoticed. The Government
of South Sudan is reportedly
aware of financial and
administrative irregularities
within the mission. As a
result, it has introduced
measures such as restricting
contracts for
non-South-Sudanese companies
operating outside South Sudan.
Many staff view this as a
response to long-standing
governance concerns and hope
it will prompt meaningful
accountability and restore
confidence in the mission’s
leadership and
operations.
Guterres,
they say, should end
censorship. Application was
made on June 19, 2025, here.
Still as of October 7 no
answer at all from Melissa
Fleming or Stephane Dujarric.
Totally corrupt. Watch this
site.
***
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