| As UN Rights
Commish Volker Turk
Films Himself He Slips
in New Deputy with 4 Mo
Left
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
June 7 – 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
Volker Turk
Guterres crony, narcissist Volker Turk
welcomed today of his deputy Awa Dabo
replacing soulless Nada Al Nashif. Staff
expectations are low because the bar is low.
Four months before completing his term Volker
Turk has ruined OHCHR, turned it irrelevant
and brought it to bankruptcy by wasting money.
Volker Turk is mocked by his meditation room,
his academic platitudes, his messages about
peace, love and bicycles, his fake feminism
,and his carefully calculated silences about
certain countries. The fish stinks from
the head, so does OHCHR.
Awa Dabo will have to prove her integrity by
confronting the Kleptocratic culture in OHCHR,
corrupt managers like Kim Taylor and Maarit
Kohonen, pedantic egos like Peggy Hicks,
favorites like Matthias Behnke, Michael
Camilleri, Francesco Motta or Scott Campbell,
a cosmetic and irrelevant Chief of staff like
Veronica Birga. The list is long. Will she
listen to whistleblowers? Will she continue
the practice of firing young staff (mainly
women) to protect the fat privileges of
those who do not want OHCHR to change? Will
she oppose exposing human rights defenders to
reprisals?
Member states wonder how Guterres allowed a
new deputy High Commissioner when, in theory,
Volker Turk must leave in October. Late in the
game appointment or quiet extension? AmbWaltz,
EU must look carefully inside OHCHR.
Maybe member states are ready to tolerate a
corrupt OHCHR in return for an irrelevant
OHCHR. Sad times
Amb Waltz, the
ball is on your court."
Fat chance.
So far,
nothing from Mike Waltz.
Meanwhile both Big Tony and
Amina junketed on April 15 to
the IMF which Inner City Press
is accredited to cover, and at
which it asked questions - but
not of Tony, as UNCTAD denied
Inner City Press to its "side
event." The UN is dying, or
being killed off.
There's a new
NextSG candidate, Maria
Fernanda Espinosa. Two days
ago she and her sponsor
Antigua and Barbuda were sent
a questionnaire about about
this. So far, nothing. Watch
this site.
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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