| UN Rights
Commish Volker Turk Angles
for Himself like Guterres
After Soulless Extension
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
May 5 – How
corrupt and decrepit has the
UN system become under Antonio
Guterres, in this case due to
Guterres? Today's example is
again from the Office of the
High Commission for Human
Rights, to which Guterres
appointed his unqualified
crony Volker Turk more than
two years ago.
From OHCHR
staff - "Dear Matthew Russell
Lee, Many thanks for exposing
corruption in UN under Antonio
Guterres and his cronies like
narcissistic Volker Turk.
Yesterday
OHCHR staff celebrated the
long goodbye of “soulless”Nada
al Nashif. She arrived in
early 2020 and leaves six and
a half years later. She leaves
a record of wasting tax payers
money (especially unearmarked
funds) promoting her fellow
nationals (creating a
megalomaniac front office),
promoted incompetent and
corrupt Kim Taylor (who lied
in her PHP and fast-tracked
her boyfriend to a P4) to
undeserved D1, promoted
unstable Maarit Kohonen
Sheriff (who also promoted her
husband to P4 in blatant
conflict of interest) to D2,
mismanaged OHCHR funds, led
the dismissal of most junior
colleagues mainly women
(including sick and pregnant),
favored promotion of Scott
Campbell to a D1 post in
Colombia although he could
hardly mumble Spanish, ensured
that no budget cuts would
affect OHCHR establishment at
P5, D1 or D2 level, and led
the reprisals against
whistleblowers with the help
of weaponized OIOS. Amazing
record for someone who had no
experience in human rights and
kept referring to her UNESCO’s
past.
Why was she
extended after her initial
four year assignment? She was
useful to flamboyant Volker
Turk, the ultimate bureaucrat,
who needs someone to do the
dirty work. Guterres,
Catherine Pollard, useless
Martha Helena Lopez and Volker
Turk are responsible and must
be held accountable. Nada Al
Nashif leaves in shame,
disliked by member states and
NGOs, hated by the staff
(ironically including some of
those whom she promoted. This
is how toxic OHCHR has
become). Bye-bye and never
come back. OHCHR and the UN
will be better without her and
her cronies. Volker Turk must
go."
As must
Guterres at UNHQ - Inner City
Press and FUNCA have sent a
questionnaire on transparency
and accountability to the now
four (so far) candidates for
UNSG, no answer from Rebeca
Grynspan, watch this site. And
nothing from Mike Waltz.
Meanwhile both Big Tony and
Amina are due on April 15 at
the IMF which Inner City Press
is accredited to cover,
Inner City Press
re-applied to re-enter the UN
on June 19, 2025 - no answer
at all from Melissa Fleming,
Tel Mekel, Stephane Dujarric
for six months, then a denial
with no reason at all given.
Today's UN is corrupt.
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