| After Breach with
German FM Russia State Reporter
Regains UN Access Through
Guterres
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 4 – How corrupt is today's
United Nations? Well, during
the UNGA "High Level" week a
Russian state reporter had
accreditation stripped or
downgraded after an encounter
with Germany's Foreign
Minister.
Then after
a Russian complaint to SG
Antonio Guterres, "the issue
is being dealt with between
the Russian Federation and our
colleagues in the Department
of Global Communications,"
according to Guterres'
spokesman Stephane
Dujarric.
Inner City Press
in writing asked, Dujarric,
Melissa Fleming, the Swiss
Mission and 50 others: "On the
change of UN accreditation to
a Russian state media
correspondent, and the
statement that Melissa Fleming
/ DGC was "dealing" with it
with the Russian Mission,
immediately state what
happened, and why - and why
Fleming has refused to answer
letters about the ban on Inner
City Press from pro bono law
firms Quinn Emanuel and Duane
Morris."
Dujarric and 50
others refused to answer, but
sent this to others: "The
actions of the journalist in
question were a breach of the
Media Access
Guidelines... In light
of this breach, the
journalist’s status was
changed by the Department of
Global Communications to
non-resident correspondent. He
remains an accredited
journalist, able to access
UNHQ and cover meetings,
briefings and other
events.
No answer
from Dujarric - but Russia's
PR on October 4 did another
stakeout, about Nordstream,
and didn't mention the issue,
clearly satisfied with
Guterres' capitulation, on
this and more important
matters.
And this is the
same Dujarric who got Inner
City Press thrown out of the
UN Briefing Room and the UN,
and refuses to answer its
daily written questions. This
is Guterres' UN - and we'll
have more, much more, on it.
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